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Grendel
John C. Gardner
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Description for Grendel
Paperback. A brilliantly-executed retelling of BEOWULF from the point of view of the monster, Grendel, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts. Series: Fantasy Masterworks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
When Grendel is drawn up from the caves under the mere, where he lives with his bloated, inarticulate hag of a mother, into the fresh night air, it is to lay waste Hrothgar's meadhall and heap destruction on the humans he finds there. What else can he do? For he is not like the men who busy themselves with God and love and beauty. He sees the infuriating human rage for order and recognises the meaninglessness of his own existence.
GRENDEL is John Gardner's masterpiece; it vividly reinvents the world of Beowulf. In Grendel himself, a creature of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Fantasy Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473212015
SKU
V9781473212015
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About John C. Gardner
John Gardner (1933 - 1982) Champlin Gardner Jr John Champlin Gardner Jr was an American academic, a scholar of mediaeval literature, and writer who incorporated fantasy elements in many of his stories and novels, most notably in GRENDEL, JASON AND MEDEA, FREDDY'S BOOK and IN THE SUICIDE MOUNTAINS. Gardner was eclectic and prolific; he also wrote children's books, libretti, ... Read more
Reviews for Grendel
Few writers ever reach this level of greatness, It doesn't matter whether you think Grendel's about Anglo-Saxon warriors battling monsters or the collapse of superstition and the rise of capitalism, or both at once, this is mythic writing in every sense of those words. - SFX This is a marvellous novel, absolutely marvellous: witty, intelligent, delightful, so totally ... Read more