The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Grendel (Fantasy Masterworks Series)

Grendel (Fantasy Masterworks Series)

by JohnGardner (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2004

    $3.53
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, 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 fantasy.

$3.53

Save:$5.65 (62%)

Quantity

Temporarily out of stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 12 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0575075821
ISBN 13: 9780575075825
Book Overview: An extraordinarily brilliant, powerful and important work # 41 in the Fantasy Masterworks series, a library of the most original and influential fantasy ever written Includes a brand-new introduction by World Fantasy Award-winning author Jeffrey Ford, one of Gardner's former students A masterly retelling of the story of Beowulf from the monster's point of view 'Deserves a place on the same shelf as THE LORD OF THE RINGS, CAT'S CRADLE and CATCHER IN THE RYE' CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 'No point in beating around the bush: John Gardner's third novel, GRENDEL, is an extraordinary achievement' NEW YORK TIMES 'Powerfully conveyed' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
John Gardner (1933-82) 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, academic and non-fiction and plays.