The Magician’s Nephew
- Mar 4, 2010
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 18
★★★★★
After the disappointment of The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis comes back strong with The Magician's Nephew. This time, we follow the adventures of Digory and Polly, two children who, due to a rather nasty event concerning Digory's crazed Uncle Albert (and the use of his magic rings), land themselves in an inter-dimensional junction of sorts from which they are able to travel to other worlds. From here, much mayhem ensues, but eventually Digory and Polly, along with Uncle Albert, an unsuspecting cabbie, his horse, and an evil queen mistakenly brought back from another land, wind up in Narnia at its inception. No chronicle since The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe so completely evokes as many biblical allusions as does The Magician's Nephew, but I never found the overt Christianity of the book heavy-handed or dogmatic. From beginning to end, the story is absolutely lovely, but the chapter detailing the creation of Narnia is so wonderfully and vividly told that it was as if it were actually happening all around me. I eagerly look forward to the final chronicle, The Final Battle, knowing that coming to the end, no matter how grand, will be bittersweet.
Comments