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Grendel

John Gardner

1974152 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1974
first published
  • 1971Knopf · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780394471433
  • 1972G. K. Hall · 215 pages · ENGISBN 9780816160150
  • 1980Penguin · 174 pages · ENGISBN 9780140058208
  • 1985Vintage Books · 152 pages · ENGISBN 9780394740560
  • 1975Ballantine Books · ENGISBN 9780345250766
  • 1989Vintage · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780679723110
  • 1977Ballantine Books · ENGISBN 9780345275097
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780808566489

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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