--- product_id: 54223840 title: "Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold" price: "55.23 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/54223840-till-we-have-faces-a-myth-retold store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 4.5/5 star rating Top 50 Christian Fiction Classic myth retold Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold **Price:** 55.23 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > πŸ“– Unlock the myth, feel the passion β€” the classic retold for the modern mind. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold - **How much does it cost?** 55.23 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/54223840-till-we-have-faces-a-myth-retold) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Enduring Emotional Impact:** Feel the raw, agonizing tension of love and jealousy that stays with you long after the last page. - β€’ **Timeless Mythology Reimagined:** Dive deep into C.S. Lewis’s masterful retelling of an ancient fable that explores love, jealousy, and perception. - β€’ **Critically Acclaimed Bestseller:** Join over 4,000 readers who rated this a stellar 4.5/5, making it a must-have for discerning fiction lovers. - β€’ **Philosophical & Theological Depth:** Engage with profound themes that challenge your understanding of gods, human nature, and self-reflection. - β€’ **Literary Sophistication for Grown-Ups:** Experience the β€˜Narnia for grown-ups’ with majestic palaces and moral complexity that resonate beyond fantasy. ## Overview Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis is a critically acclaimed retelling of an ancient myth, blending rich mythology with deep philosophical and theological insights. With a 4.5-star rating from over 4,000 readers and ranking in the top 50 Christian Fiction books, this novel offers a sophisticated, emotionally charged narrative that explores love, jealousy, and self-perception through the eyes of its complex protagonist. ## Description This twist on an old story, is an exploration of love--between sisters, between friends, between teacher and pupil, between men and women. Till We Have Faces is retold through the eyes of Psyche's oldest sister, Orual. Orual was born ugly and even though she's a princess, she struggles with the death of her mother and the friction between her sisters. There are two lights in Orual's life. One is her tutor, the Fox, a Greek slave captured through war. The other is her much younger sister Istra, later nicknamed Psyche, born from Orual's father's second marriage. Istra is beautiful and sweet and good but far from being jealous of her, Orual loves her as a daughter. When the priest of Ungit says that Psyche's great beauty is an insult to the goddess and she must be sacrificed, Orual fights to prevent this. When Orual expects to find her sister dead, she finds her well and thriving. But, why can't Orual see what everyone else sees? Blinded by her jealous love, Orual castes blame on the duplicity of gods. What is the truth? What is real? Lewis's novel is a brilliant examination of envy, loss, betrayal, blame, grief, guilt, and conversion. Why must holy places be dark places? Lewis reminds us of our own fallibility and the role of a higher power in our lives. "Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood." Review: Lewis' best - an agonising, tantalising fable about love and perception - A moving myth told anew, plumbing the depths of the self-centred human heart. While I feel I need to look closer at the original myth that Lewis is playing on in greater detail to catch all of what he is doing in its retelling, I would totally recommend the book for the heartbreaking, tantalizing moments that the protagonist forces on herself. Lewis's Orual is frustrated that the ethereal world of the god who loves her sister, and Orual's own world poisoned by her insecurity, cannot even interact with one another. Lewis can really write about jealousy; sweet scenes of sisterhood between Psyche and Orual rot into the gall of confusion and disappointment with a turn of the page. I feel that Lewis is at his best writing in the domain of mythology; his Wellsian sci-fi phase during which he wrote the Space Trilogy was an interesting venture, but back with gods, curses, and ancient courts he is really in his element. There are also profound philosophical, theological, and scientific issues that the novel throws up, to do with perception of the gods and their motives. And all these issues Lewis ties expertly to Orual's first sin: her selfish, half-baked attempt to see what her beloved Psyche sees, while Cupid steals Psyche's heart. "Narnia for grown ups" is a handy label, and in defense of it there are present in the novel majestic palaces hidden in plain sight (c.f. Voyage of the Dawn Treader) along with other regular Lewis elements like a the strong moral of not letting jealousy crowd in and ruin a perfectly beautiful love. Yes Orual progresses plenty during the course of the novel, but only through standing in the painful bare light of the denouement - and anyone who has ever mixed love and jealousy faces their own judgement day right along with her. This is a beautiful rendition of an ancient story, done in a way over which Lewis had been pondering for a long time. "Till We Have Faces" is how you do fiction, in case you was wondering. Review: Excellent - Great book. Well worth the money. A book I'll return to again. ## Features - HarperOne ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 1,162,537 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 55 in Christian Fiction (Books) 236 in Spiritual Literature & Fiction 337 in Fairy Tales (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 4,422 Reviews | ## Images ![Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71MftqV+MsL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lewis' best - an agonising, tantalising fable about love and perception *by D***E on 28 March 2017* A moving myth told anew, plumbing the depths of the self-centred human heart. While I feel I need to look closer at the original myth that Lewis is playing on in greater detail to catch all of what he is doing in its retelling, I would totally recommend the book for the heartbreaking, tantalizing moments that the protagonist forces on herself. Lewis's Orual is frustrated that the ethereal world of the god who loves her sister, and Orual's own world poisoned by her insecurity, cannot even interact with one another. Lewis can really write about jealousy; sweet scenes of sisterhood between Psyche and Orual rot into the gall of confusion and disappointment with a turn of the page. I feel that Lewis is at his best writing in the domain of mythology; his Wellsian sci-fi phase during which he wrote the Space Trilogy was an interesting venture, but back with gods, curses, and ancient courts he is really in his element. There are also profound philosophical, theological, and scientific issues that the novel throws up, to do with perception of the gods and their motives. And all these issues Lewis ties expertly to Orual's first sin: her selfish, half-baked attempt to see what her beloved Psyche sees, while Cupid steals Psyche's heart. "Narnia for grown ups" is a handy label, and in defense of it there are present in the novel majestic palaces hidden in plain sight (c.f. Voyage of the Dawn Treader) along with other regular Lewis elements like a the strong moral of not letting jealousy crowd in and ruin a perfectly beautiful love. Yes Orual progresses plenty during the course of the novel, but only through standing in the painful bare light of the denouement - and anyone who has ever mixed love and jealousy faces their own judgement day right along with her. This is a beautiful rendition of an ancient story, done in a way over which Lewis had been pondering for a long time. "Till We Have Faces" is how you do fiction, in case you was wondering. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent *by K***Z on 24 October 2025* Great book. Well worth the money. A book I'll return to again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful *by M***T on 14 October 2018* Wonderful re-telling ## Frequently Bought Together - Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold - The Great Divorce - The Problem of Pain --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/54223840-till-we-have-faces-a-myth-retold](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/54223840-till-we-have-faces-a-myth-retold) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-29*