"Beowulf"
ISBN:
9780370010434 (0370010434)
Edition language: English
Interesting and simple re-write of Beowulf that evokes the original and has slightly archaic language and phrasing but also makes it acceptable.
This is the book that kinda started it all for me, as far as my memory allows that is. I can remember my dad reading me this in bed, using the drama of his voice to heighten the experience, and seeing the stark ink drawings---particularly of Grendal's dismembered arm---and just being in a state of d...