Description: John Champlin Gardner was a well-known and controversial American novelist and university professor, best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth. I combine shipping when you purchase multiple items!Gardner was born in Batavia, New York. His father was a lay preacher and dairy farmer, and his mother taught English at a local school. Both parents were fond of Shakespeare and often recited literature together. As a child, Gardner attended public school and worked on his father's farm, where, in April of 1945, his younger brother Gilbert was killed in an accident with a cultipacker. Gardner, who was driving the tractor during the fatal accident, carried guilt for his brother's death throughout his life, suffering nightmares and flashbacks. The incident informed much of Gardner's fiction and criticism — most directly in the 1977 short story "Redemption," which included a fictionalized recounting of the accident.
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Book Title: Grendel
Signed: No
Book Series: Beowulf
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Ballantine Fiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
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Publication Year: 1983
Type: Novel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1980s
Personalized: No
Author: John Gardner
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Folklore & Mythology
Topic: Mythology
Number of Pages: 152
