Wednesday, May 18, 2011

At the Back of the North Wind


Another fantastic book by George MacDonald!

Description from Wikipedia:

The book tells the story of a young country boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep in the loft, Diamond plugs up several holes in the barn wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from going on her routes. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures. Though the North Wind does goods deeds and helps people, she also does terrible things. In one of her mischievous acts, she sinks a ship. Yet everything bad leads to something good. The North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good.

On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to the country she lives in, a country without pain and death. Yet, he is brought only to a shadow of the real country at the back of the North Wind. The real country is open for him only after his death.

Book was first published in 1871

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