Which C.S. Lewis book describes his grief after the death of his wife?

A Grief Observed is the C.S. Lewis book describing his grief after the death of his wife.

The book was published in 1961 under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk. It consists of short reflections written after the death of Joy Davidman, whom Lewis married. The text records anger, doubt, loneliness, and the difficulty of reconciling personal suffering with religious belief.

Lewis’s use of a pseudonym initially meant that many readers did not know who had written the book. The disguise was later removed, and it is now widely read as one of his most personal works. It is not a conventional biography of Davidman or a systematic theological treatise; it is a raw, fragmentary meditation on bereavement.

Readers sometimes confuse the book with The Problem of Pain, which Lewis wrote before his marriage and which approaches suffering as a theological question. A Grief Observed instead begins with lived experience and shows how grief can unsettle arguments that seem clear in the abstract.