who serves as their centre of gravity
an agar plate of mundanity
a revelatory depiction of contentment
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim
new works commissioned from contemporary New Zealand artists
A Grief Observed Jhumpa Lahiri who serves as their centreIn April 1956, C. S. Lewis, a confirmed bachelor, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four brief, intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and Lewis found himself alone again, and inconsolable. To defend himself against the loss of belief in God, Lewis wrote this journal, an eloquent statement of rediscovered faith. In it he freely confesses his doubts, his rage, and his awareness of human frailty. In it he