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Grendel
- Author
- John Gardner
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 11 July 2007
- Run Time
- 5 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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 is the novel William Gass called “one of the finest of our contemporary fictions.”
“An extraordinary achievement.”—New York Times
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Details
- Author
- John Gardner
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Duration
- 5 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 July 2007
- ISBN
- 9781440780608
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
Synopsis
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.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 is the novel William Gass called “one of the finest of our contemporary fictions.”“An extraordinary achievement.”—New York Times
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