Grendel

174 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 1989 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-72311-0
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OCLC Number:
19889555

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4 stars (3 reviews)

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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3 stars

I liked this book, I just didn't terribly enjoy it. I loved many turns of phrase throughout, but the way they were strung together felt tenuous at best. Very punctuated and matter-of-fact. It's hard to write a book with so much anger, sadness, and fatalism, and I felt like I'd learned something and could empathize so much... I just didn't enjoy reading it.

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Subjects

  • Beowulf -- Adaptations.
  • Monsters -- Fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.