Grendel - Softcover

Gardner, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0860721418 ISBN 13: 9780860721413

Publisher: Robin Clark Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

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 grotesque comedy, pain and disillusioned intelligence, Gardner has created the most unforgettable monster in fantasy.

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Review:

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. (Jon Courtenay Grimwood SFX magazine)

Book Description:

A brilliantly-executed retelling of BEOWULF from the point of view of the monster, Grendel, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Robin Clark Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0860721418
• ISBN 13: 9780860721413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152