This smallish book, published in 1972, is an interesting exercise in examining a well-known story from an unexpected viewpoint – in this case it's Beowulf retold by the monster Grendel. It could have been a bit naff, like one of those awful ‘reinventions’ that certain novelists seem to knock off eve...
Not my cup of tea, I guess. In spite of the high ratings and glowing reviews, the ultimate problem for me with Grendel was that I just didn't care about anything or anyone in the story. I guess since, nihilism is a major theme of the work, that shouldn't surprise me, but I found myself slogging thro...
In the English epic Beowulf, the Danes are plagued by the terrible man-eating beast known as Grendel. He appears to have no weaknesses and toys with the villagers relentlessly. Beowulf tells the story of how these great people were liberated by a stranger, who kills the monster single-handed and bec...
What I want is for Elizabeth to read this, because she should get over the ram in the opening pages and just float in the language within. I've had two wonderful conversations about this book in the last few whatever days, one with Karen, who indirectly made me read this, and one with Elizabeth, who...
This is a clever but long-winded retelling of Beowulf from the monster's point of view. Grendel is brilliantly realized as a petulant child, a beast who fancies himself an intellectual, sometimes tries to overcome his brutish nature but inevitably succumbs to the temptation to act like a monster and...
Another book I read because someone I was dating had it lying around. Apparently the dates of my youth were even more dull than I thought at the time. Then I thought it was amazing, all sympathetic to the monster, as who, in the teen years isn't. Now, even though he annoys me, I'd rather read Eat...
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