More than 50 years ago famous British writer C.S. Lewis created an enchanting land called Narnia, and since then over 60mil readers have discovered the magical world that exists beyond the back of an incongruous wardrobe.
Now Narnia comes to Vietnam. With Lewis’ fantasy series published in the country for the first time early last month, young Vietnamese audiences can enjoy the book that has caught the imaginations of so many children across the world.
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children, now considered a classic of children’s literature and perhaps the author’s best known work.
C.S. Lewis once wrote that the idea for the Narnia books came to him from a series of images: “a fawn carrying an umbrella, a queen in a sledge, a magnificent lion.” From these mental pictures he created the Land of Narnia, a land populated with a rich diversity of creatures, some very like their counterparts in our world, some derived from his knowledge and love of myths and fairy tales, and some, like Puddleglum, devised purely by Lewis’ own invention.
More than 95mil copies of the books in 41 languages have been sold. Translated into Vietnamese, the books were published by the Kim Dong Publishing House and are on sale for VND135,000 per copy at most bookshops.
(Source: Viet Nam News)
