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Title:
Surprised by joy : the shape of my early life
Author:
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 author.
ISBN:
9780062565433
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [1955]

©1955
Physical Description:
xii, 291 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published in the United Kingdom in 1955 by Geoffrey Bles.
Contents:
The first years -- Concentration camp -- Mountbracken and Campbell -- I broaden my mind -- Renaissace -- Bloodery -- Light and shade -- Release -- The great knock -- Fortune's smile -- check -- Guns and good company -- The new look -- Checkmate -- The beginning.
Abstract:
"In this book C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity." -- NoveList.
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