Dienstanweisung für einen Unterteufel (1942)

Irônica, astuta, irreverente. Assim pode ser descrita esta obra-prima de C.S. Lewis, dedicada a seu amigo J.R.R. Tolkien. Um clássico da literatura cristã, este retrato satírico da vida humana, feito pelo ponto de vista do diabo, tem divertido milhões de leitores desde sua primeira publicação, na década de 1940; agora com novo projeto gráfico, tradução atual e capa dura.
Cartas de um diabo a seu aprendiz é a correspondência ao mesmo tempo cômica, séria e original entre um diabo e seu sobrinho aprendiz. Revelando uma personalidade mais espirituosa, Lewis apresenta nesta obra a mais envolvente narrativa já escrita sobre tentações — e a superação delas.

An interesting approach to a set of essays abut the difficulties of the Anglican life. Reminiscent of "A Guide to the Perplexed." I obviously had access to a reprint prior to1965. ( )

melihat dunia dari sudut pandang setan, cerita fiksi rohani ( )

The Screwtape Letters are marvelous. For those who do not know, they are a series of letters between a mid-level bureaucrat devil, Screwtape, and a junior "tempter". (Yes, even in Hell, they have bureaucracy.) The tempter's job is to get his "patient" into Hell. Screwtape reviews his progress and provides pointers on how this might be better accomplished. It is quite funny because the diabolical mindset is completely opposite of ours. Still, it is intended to provoke thought and to guide you in avoiding the traps of the tempter assigned to your life. ( )

The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their “patients.”