![]() Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper, C. A very good copy in good, unclipped jacket. Extremities very lightly rubbed, endpapers browned, contents clean dust jacket toned, a couple of short closed tears to front panel, a few marks to rear panel, tiny chips to extremities. A Grief Observed is about her death and Lewis's loss. Davidman died of cancer four years after their marriage, leaving Lewis completely bereft. With dust jacket.Ĭontemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Lewis (Novem November 22, 1963) married American writer Joy Davidman, the lately-discovered love of his life. It talks of the beauty of when you love someone deeply, you will grieve them. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lewiss story of loving and grieving the death of his wife, Joy. After his death in 1963, Faber and Faber reprinted the book under Lewis's own name. ![]() when it came out, Lewis does not seem to have sent copies to friends, and never alluded to it" (Green & Hooper, p. The whole experience is told with almost unbearable poignancy in A Grief Observed, a collection of almost daily thoughts and attempts at self-analysis jotted down during the first few months after her death. "With whatever thoughts Lewis had entered into marriage with Joy Davidman, her loss, however much expected, when it came was shattering. ![]() ![]() ![]() First edition, first impression, of the author's reflections on the death of his wife Joy Davidman, which he chose to publish under a pseudonym. ![]()
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