@dabbe #ThreeListThursday
My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote
#HauntedShelf
@PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #FrightClub
#BookScavengerHunt
#beast
I can think of no better book to portray BEAST. And POV. We all know Beowulf's side of the story, but what about Grendel's? 🐉
pickIn her translation of Beowulf, Headley mentions this novel, based on Grendel‘s mother. It brings the story into the current day, focusing on Dana and her son Gren. It‘s weird in a way that fits the situation. I liked it. It‘s decidedly feminist and also a bit queer (really shouldn‘t all books be this way?).
pickAnother book I absolutely adored. Granted I was predisposed to like it as it's based on Beowulf and set in the modern day. The mere wife is Gren's mother and this is her story. It is so beautifully written. And so so many nods to Beowulf, as one would expect.
so-soI like Beowulf as much as any English teacher does and I was optimist for this adaptation. I was pretty meh the first 2/3rd and would have quit if it weren‘t a book club choice and short. The last 3rd, however, did get me going. So if you can make it that far…
Gren and Dylan were the highlight of this novel and the only non monsters in the novel.
#classicliterarureretelling #twofuckedupmoms #bookclub
Finally getting around to this translation
