![]() ![]() I am astonished and delighted, not least because its editor, Christopher Tolkien, is now approaching his 92nd birthday. Potentially a landmark among Tolkien’s many posthumous publications, it will appear in May from HarperCollins in the UK and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US with a cover and illustrations by Alan Lee. A century on, in 2017 the love story of Beren and Lúthien will finally appear as a book in its own right. It inspired the story he saw as the ‘kernel’ of his mythology. To that battle-worn lieutenant, J R R Tolkien, Edith’s dance was an unforgettable glimpse of unearthly joy in the midst of sorrow and horror. In a wood filled with a cloud of white flowers, a soldier walked in the spring of 1917 with his wife, and she sang and danced for him. My New Statesman review of the book as published can be read here. Note, 2 June 2017: Since writing this, Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien has been published, so the speculations below regarding its content are out of date. ![]()
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