Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title and author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
Teaser Tuesday #41 – Grendel
Grendel – John Gardner
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his side of the story in a book William Gass called “one of the finest of our contemporary fictions.”
My Teaser:
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”450px” height=”” background_color=”#e0c0d7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”674ea7″ ]I am straining, tasting that echo a second longer. If I can hold it… familiar if I can hold it…[/dropshadowbox]
I’m reading Grendel for my Romance and Its Remediation class, and I have to do an in-class presentation next week. It’s rather interesting to read a whole novel from Beowulf’s monster’s point of view.
What’s your teaser today? Please share – it’s not as if a few more books on my TBR mountain will make that big of a difference 😉
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Huh, never read a book like this but will add it to my TBR list and maybe give it a try.
It was actually very interesting, Karen and Gerard 🙂 Especially because I got the first person POV of the ‘monster’ from Beowulf, it made me feel for him in a way I never did when I read the original poem.
OOoh interesting tease!! This is a new to me read!
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I hadn’t heard of it before my class either, Jessica 🙂
I read this years ago and remember really loving it.
It was very well done, and the more I think about it, the more I like it, if that makes any sense at all, Beth.
What a great teaser! Definitely makes me want to read more . . . here is my teaser: http://bookbinges.blogspot.it/2014/12/teaser-tuesday.html
YAY, that’s awesome, Cynthia. If you end up reading it, I hope you’ll enjoy it.
I bet the story is as intriguing as the teaser. Best wishes for your presentation.
Thank you Kay. I’m more or less ready now, so I think it will go well.
I think i’ve heard about this one but i’m not sure where. Your post just made me curious again. Thanks for sharing! hope you have a good week.
I wasn’t really familiar with it until one of my professor’s said it was needed for class, but I’m very happy I read it, Deasy.
Never read anything like this before, but that quote is really interesting, I may look into picking it up from the library 🙂
I hope you enjoy it!
The whole story is pretty philosophical, Christy 🙂
If you don’t review Grendel here, will you chat offline with me about it, please? I’ve read Beowulf 3 times…I have an affinity for the story. 🙂 I wrote my Senior theme on it. So I’d be very interested on your thoughts about Grendel and whether or not I should read it. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the tease, Lexxie!!
And good luck on your presentation, too! Happy Tuesday, my dear!! *BIG HUGS*
I may review it here, Brandee, but then it will be much more scholar than my usual reviews.
I’d love to read this. I’ve seen some movies about Grendel but always from Beowulf’s POV.
That’s why this was so interesting, Laura, everything happens in first person point of view from Grendel’s perspective!
I’ve had this book on my shelf for ages! I keep forgetting about it.
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Then you should definitely check it out, Dagny. It’s a short book, too!
Interesting idea for a story. I’ll bet Grindel is a fascinating character.
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Yes, he was very fascinating, Sandra!
Interesting! I read the original story years ago but don’t remember a lot… this looks like a neat take on it. Good luck with the presentation- I always hated those. 🙂
It’s very different from the original Beowulf, Greg, not only because it’s written in prose and not in verse, but because the story starts long before Beowulf, and he only shows up in the last few pages.
Yeah, presentations aren’t among my favourite things to do either, but I don’t really have a choice 🙂
Honestly, I’m a little more intrigued by the creature on the cover than the teaser.
The creature on the cover is the one the quote comes from, Freda, and that’s partly why I enjoyed Grendel so much – philosophical thoughts from a monster who eats men for fun!
That’s a scary cover.
It sure is, and the monster that is Grendel is quite scary at times too, Mary Ann.
Oh man! This is something I would most definitely read! Especially since it is with Beowulf’s monster’s point of view! I bet that is an interesting take 🙂 Good luck on the presentation too!
YAY another Beowulf fan! If you enjoyed Beowulf, you should try Grendel. Thanks for stopping by, Claudia.