- Fantasy fiction, Beowulf, Monsters, Adaptations
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. This is the book William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."
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Grave, contemplative, prestige and bleak.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Gardner
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 174
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Ballantine books, Deutsch
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780812417302
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“The old ram stands looking down over rockslides, stupidly triumphant.”
John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
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