Name: Grendel
SKU: 1534750
Price: 13.84 EUR
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Author: John Gardner
ISBN: 9780679723110

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Gardner

Publisher

Vintage

Year

1989

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.4x13.4x1.4 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

0679723110

ISBN13

9780679723110

Edition No.

Synopsis "Grendel "

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. "An extraordinary achievement."--New York Times 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 is the novel William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."

John Gardner

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John Champlin Gardner Jr. (Batavia, New York, July 21, 1933 – Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, and literary critic. He studied at Washington University in St. Louis and earned his master's and doctorate degrees at the University of Iowa. His academic career included teaching at various institutions, such as San Francisco State University and Binghamton University.

Among his most notable works is "Grendel" (1971), a novel that reimagines the Beowulf myth from the monster's perspective. In the field of literary criticism, he published "On Becoming a Novelist" (1983), a guide for aspiring writers. His novel "October Light" (1976) earned him the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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