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At the Back of the North Wind
Author: Philip Glassborrow (Producer), Paul McCusker (Director), George MacDonald (Author), Juliet Stevenson (Actor: North Wind), Pax Baldwin (Actor: Diamond), Tom Fleming (Actor: Storyteller), Russel Boulter (Actor: Joseph), Joss Ackland (Actor: Mr. Raymond)

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Series: Focus on the Family Radio Theatre
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About At the Back of the North Wind:

In this Radio Theatre audio drama adaptation of George MacDonald's classic story, a beautiful woman known as the North Wind blows through a small village in Victorian London, and everyday lives are mysteriously enveloped by a power and a glory. Along the way, she visits a poor stable boy named Diamond and takes him with her on her journeys. At the Back of the North Wind explores the place of death in our lives, social injustice, and our deep need for love and forgiveness.

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Recommended Age Range
9 and Older

A Thought-Provoking Story

Reviewed By: Daniel R. Ziegler

The combination of Focus on the Family's world-class expertise in producing audio dramas and George MacDonald's keen insight into God's relationship with His creation is outstanding. I can't think of a better way to wrestle with the really deep questions this story raises than to listen to it. While the book is fantastic, it is somewhat dated by the time since it was published. This presentation, however, is easy to follow and truly brings the characters to life.

In the story, a sickly young man named Diamond (Pax Baldwin), though a source of joy to those around him, lives in dire circumstances with his father, a London cab driver. However, when Lady North Wind (Juliet Stevenson) whisks him away from his hovel on an adventure, his spirits rise. He experiences strange and mysterious places and wild and wonderful beasts and people, but in it all the audience is left wondering what exists in reality and what exists only in the boy's fevered mind.

"At the Back of the North Wind" is a parable and an allegory that inspired such great writers as CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. While the loftier allegorical concepts of the tale will float over children's heads, adults will find engaging and thought-provoking ideas throughout. The story is joyful and engaging so it is excellent to listen to for entertainment, but it's hard to
avoid thinking and dreaming as you do so.

Author Information

Paul McCusker

Paul has been writing since he was 10, starting on a typewriter he got for Christmas. Since then, he's published plays, sketch collections, songs and novels. Not to mention his 20 years of work on the popular children's audio program "Adventures in Odyssey," and its companion series "Radio Theatre." He won a Peabody Award for his drama "Bonhoeffer," and an Audie Award for his "Life of Jesus" epic. He has dramatized CS Lewis' "Chronicles of…

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Product Info

ISBN: 9781589972513
ISBN-10: 1589972511
Published: 02/01/2004
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Imprint: Imprint
Subject: Youth Fiction/Fantasy

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