[Ballantine Adult Fantasy 14] • Phantastes

George MacDonald was no mere teller of tales—therein, perhaps, lies the strength of this novel, and of LILITH: for these two fantasies are expressions of the contradiction and paradox in his own life. MacDonald, an ordained Scottish Minister, turned the direction of his life away from the Kirk. Just as much of his life was spent in a search—albeit a happy one—so with his heroes, wandering enchanted, beset by nightmare, glorying in eventual triumph. Lucky indeed that George MacDonald turned from the Ministry to being a writer of fantasy!