Which C.S. Lewis book retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche from three women’s perspectives?

Till We Have Faces retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche from three women’s perspectives. C.S. Lewis published the novel in 1956, describing it as a retelling of the ancient story found in Apuleius’s Metamorphoses.

The novel is narrated mainly by Orual, a queen who reflects on her relationship with her beautiful half-sister Psyche. Lewis uses Orual’s voice to explore jealousy, love, self-knowledge, religion, and the difficulty of seeing another person clearly.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity and honest self-confrontation. It is not a Narnia book, an autobiography, or a direct retelling that simply reproduces Apuleius’s plot.

Till We Have Faces is often regarded as one of Lewis’s most psychologically complex works. Its classical source and first-person structure make it distinct from his better-known children’s fantasy and Christian apologetics.