The Magician's Book, (Paperback)

from distractedmusician

Having read the Chronicles of Narnia as a child and loved them, I was thrilled to find out Laura Miller's new literary criticism was available for review from HBG. In The Magician's Book, Laura Miller discusses her experiences with the renowned series, as well as the views of many well known auth...

from drewjameson

Miller's book about reading reawakened the joy that reading Narnia as a child brought me. This book is for anyone who loved Narnia as a child and was horrified to revisit them and find not only that there was a moral, but that this moral is so clunkily Muslim- and woman-phobic. Rather than juveni...

from drewjameson

Miller's book about reading reawakened the joy that reading Narnia as a child brought me. This book is for anyone who loved Narnia as a child and was horrified to revisit them and find not only that there was a moral, but that this moral is so clunkily Muslim- and woman-phobic. Rather than juveni...

from calexis

Like Miller, I was introduced to the world of Narnia at a young age in school. Unlike her though, I have not yet finished the entire series (reaching only four books) and though I did enjoy the books I have read, it hasn't enraptured my entire world. I do not recall whether I ever wanted to escap...

from coolpinkone

This book is a very in depth look into Laura Miller's long standing relationship with the Chronicles of Narnia. She explains her first reactions, her disappointments and then her reconciliation of the books to her own heart and soul. It is a "deep" outstanding literary conversation. I have to say...