My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/757620533">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This book, among the innumerable titles of books that have been penned through the history of papyrus scrolls and printing presses, is by far the most influential work I have had the pleasure of reading. The character of Diamond is one that transcends personalities and typical literary categorization. Rather, he is the archetype of that paradox of simplistic brilliance. <br><br>Furthermore, Diamond's trip to the back of the North Wind, the beautiful, blustery essence of the north wind, finds himself in the same situation as those in classical literature, such as Dante; whom MacDonald cleverly disguises under the name Durante. Afterwards, this simple child finds the truth of the mystery of world and waking reality. He finds a place where death has no hold and, like the realm of Heaven, is not only real, but so real it manages to melt the silly, superficial fodder of what our senses relay to us of the physical, natural world. <br><br>If I could choose one title that atheists and materialists would despise, and one that would encapsulate the meaning of Life and the joy and awe of existence, undoubtedly this would be the choice I would make!
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