Grendel

Grendel
ISBN-10
0307756785
ISBN-13
9780307756787
Series
Grendel
Category
Fiction
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2010-06-02
Publisher
Vintage
Author
John Gardner

Description

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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