The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
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Author: C. S. LewisIllustrator: Pauline Baynes
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-07-01
ISBN: 0064471063
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: HarperCollins
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- ISBN13: 9780064471060
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Book Reviews of The Horse and His Boy
Book Review: My favorite one
Summary: 5 Stars
My original Chronicles of Narnia set was in published order, meaning that the order of the books began with "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and then proceed from there to "The Last Battle". When you initially begin in this fashion and have just put down "The Silver Chair" you kind of figure on continuing along the "chronological" path you were expecting. I was deeply disappointed when I opened the first page of "The Horse and His Boy" and discovered that not only had I gotten off track from where Eustace and Jill left off but that I was taking an enormous step backwards in time. However I started reading the story, and ironically it has become my favorite Chronicle story yet.
I won't hash over the details of the story much here as it's explained in great detail in too many other posts, but suffice it to say it revolves around a young boy named Shasta living on the savannas of Calormen. Calormen is a vast desert kingdom south of Narnia, and Narnia's sister-state Archenland. Shasta notes his skin tone is different than those of his father and has always made him feel different, and late one night overhears his fisherman father entertaining a passing soldier and telling the story of how he found Shasta in a boat passing close to shore. The soldier claims that Shasta is surely one of the barbarians from the north and wishes to buy him from the father. With this revelation Shasta meets up with Bree, a talking horse from Narnia, stolen from Narnia when he was a foal and together the two make their escape and flee north to their respective homelands, meeting with a wide variety of folks.
Lewis definitely was inspired by "The Arabian Nights" when he wrote this one as the subject matter has the same basic flavor. Aside from "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" (and a small part of The Silver Chair) this is the only book where the reader sees events and places outside of Narnia, as the action takes place almost entirely in Calormen and Archenland (which is often mentioned in the other books but never seen except in this one). The journey is fantastic and the reader can watch all the characters involved mature from page to page.
An earlier post mentioned that this book is "controversial" as it implies an "anti-Islamic" feel, and that it intoned racism as it described Narnians as "white" and Calormenes as "dark". Lewis lived in the dark days before the introduction of Political Correctness...actually if Lewis lived today I'm pretty sure he'd have his name thoroughly smeared by the same nitwits who make allegations like this. They clearly are trying to see something in the book that was never intended. For the record not all Calormenes are "evil" in the book...truth be known several are considered honorable, foremost among them Aravis, as well as Emmeth in "The Last Battle". Aslan Himself shows no lack of love for Aravis or Emmeth, and I think that this clearly demonstrates that Lewis was not a racist person, for if he were it surely would have been written a much different way. Let the reader decide on their own!
Post-rant - in the meantime this is one of the thicker Narnia books and will take at least a day or two for even an advanced reader to run through. Great, great story and definitely among the better ones that Lewis tells about Narnia!
Summary of The Horse and His Boy
An orphaned boy and a kidnapped horse gallop for Narnia...and freedom.
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