At the Back of the North Wind (1919)
In our twenty-third season of stellar adaptations from Focus on the Family Radio Theater, DZFE brings the enchantment of George MacDonald’s 19th century fantasy, AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND to the Nativity season.
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.
At the Back of the North Wind runs from December 4 through to January 6 on DZFE in five cycles:
Cycle 1 | Weekdays, Dec 4-8 (700-730) [*first half hour of CDR preempted]
Cycle 2 | Sundays, Dec 10 (1100-1200), Dec 17 (1100-1200), Dec 24 (1100-1130)
Cycle 3 | Saturdays, Dec 16 (1300-1400), Dec 23 (1300-1400), Dec 30 (1300-1330)
Cycle 4 | Weekdays, Dec 18-22 (1930-2000) *[last half hour of CWC preempted)
Cycle 5 | Saturday, Jan 6 (1300-1530)
“What he does best is fantasy—fantasy that hovers between the allegorical and the mythopoeic. And this, in my opinion, he does better than any man. MacDonald is the greatest genius of this kind whom I know.” (C.S. Lewis on George MacDonald)
Read the book at Project Gutenberg.
Interested in acquiring a copy of the drama? Head to the Focus Store.
