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John Gardner (1) (1933–1982)

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Crèdit de la imatge: John Gardner publicity photo at New Directions

Obres de John Gardner

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Grendel (1971) 6,028 exemplars
The Art of Fiction (1984) 2,048 exemplars
On Becoming a Novelist (1983) 993 exemplars
October Light (1976) 641 exemplars
The Life and Times of Chaucer (1977) 601 exemplars
The Sunlight Dialogues (1972) 586 exemplars
On Moral Fiction (1978) 488 exemplars
Nickel Mountain (1973) 451 exemplars
Freddy's Book (1981) 371 exemplars
Mickelsson's Ghosts (1982) 341 exemplars
The King's Indian (1976) 243 exemplars
On Writers and Writing (1994) 223 exemplars
In the Suicide Mountains (1977) 209 exemplars
The Wreckage of Agathon (1970) 198 exemplars
Jason and Medeia (1973) 162 exemplars
The Resurrection (1762) 97 exemplars
Stillness and Shadows (1986) 55 exemplars
The Poetry of Chaucer (1977) 36 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1982 (1982) — Editor — 29 exemplars
Vlemk the Box-Painter (1979) 21 exemplars
The Forms of Fiction (1962) 15 exemplars
Lies! Lies! Lies (1999) 10 exemplars
William Wilson (1979) 6 exemplars
Poems (1978) 5 exemplars
Frankenstein (1979) 4 exemplars
Rumpelstiltskin (1980) 3 exemplars
The Temptation Game (1980) 2 exemplars
On Books 1 exemplars
Flamboyant Drama 1 exemplars
The Red Napoleon 1 exemplars
MSS, Spring 1981 1 exemplars
Music From Home 1 exemplars

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Epopeia de Guilgameix (1700) — Traductor, algunes edicions9,821 exemplars
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Eric Carle's Animals Animals (1989) — Col·laborador — 2,173 exemplars
Eric Carle's Dragons, Dragons (1991) — Col·laborador — 715 exemplars
The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories (1991) — Col·laborador — 75 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1978 (1978) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Masters of British Literature, Volume A (2007) — Col·laborador — 20 exemplars
Homer's Iliad: The Shield of Memory (1978) — Pròleg, algunes edicions5 exemplars

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Beowulf's Grendel telling its side of the story. Is Grendel a ferocious monster, a mess-up child of a inattentive mother, or something else? Gardner has kept me confused.
 
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podocyte | Hi ha 106 ressenyes més | Feb 17, 2024 |
This parallel/companion novel to the legendary story of Beowulf is told from Grendel's perspective. Grendel is a monster who lives deep in a cave with his mother, whose precise nature is unclear, though she seems to be large, slow-moving and unable to communicate (in my head she looked something like a giant, monstrous larva, YMMV). Grendel one day ventures beyond the cave to hunt, at which time he encounters humans for the first time. He spends hours, days, years observing them, fascinated — but, you know, being a monster he's also hungry, so he frequently attacks and devours them as well.

The question I kept wondering throughout the book is what exactly is Grendel? He's certainly large and powerful with the ability to tear men limb from limb as easily as snapping a twig. However, he's also impulsive, overconfident and quite childlike at times. Every now and then we get a glimpse of a conscience. As a reader I wavered between sympathy (is it his fault he is the way he is?) and horror (so much violence and gore). The narrative occasionally wanders into philosophical territory, where I have to admit my eyes may have glazed over temporarily until the linear narrative resumed. I approached Grendel with a familiarity of Beowulf limited to what I had gleaned exclusively via cultural osmosis, so naturally I'm now significantly more curious to learn more about the original work.
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ryner | Hi ha 106 ressenyes més | Jan 21, 2024 |
4.5/5 Having taught BEOWULF for a number of years to my sophomore honors, why didn't I have them read this, too? This book is not simply a retelling of BEOWULF from the monster's point of view; it is highly intellectual and philosophical as Grendel seeks to find some sort of meaning to his life. Drawn to and repulsed by humans, he reminds me of Frankenstein's creature, who also seeks the purpose to his existence. Several philosophies are explored here, most of which I can't wait to look into. The trope of reading a story from the supposed villain's point of view is not new, but it is absolutely heart-wrenching here. I dare anyone who reads this not to be touched by Grendel's utter isolation and loneliness. What a read.… (més)
 
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crabbyabbe | Hi ha 106 ressenyes més | Jan 18, 2024 |
Tentative rating. Will give it another try.
 
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A.Godhelm | Hi ha 106 ressenyes més | Oct 20, 2023 |

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