First edition, first printing of the darkly alluring reinvention of BEOWULF from the perspective of the monster.
Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Price: $800.00
"John Gardner's 'Grendel' is myth itself: permeated with revelation, with dark instincts, with swimming, riotous universals." – THE NEW YORK TIMES, 1971
An influential combination of postmodern parable and classic retelling, a companion to the rich reinventions of Angela Carter and, in the 21st century, Madeline Miller in CIRCE. GRENDEL is maze of existential slipperiness so beautifully crafted that the reader can't help but sink into its worldview, and in so doing upend all the comfortable assumptions of morality and consciousness that keep philosophical chaos at bay. Postmodern Frankenstein.
Read more: D. Keith Mano, "Grendel", review in New York Times Book Review, 19 September 19 1971.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original purple cloth stamped in gilt. In original unclipped ($5.95) orange pictorial dust jacket with drawing by Emil Antonucci. Purple topstain, fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated by Antonucci with in-text line drawings. [10], 174, [4] pages. Sliver of sunning to top and bottom edges of boards. Jacket with gentle fading to spine.
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