HaikuPrajna:
The giant-killing / dragon-slayer, an epic / on loss and reason. ("Beowulf")
Today's Goodreads #MyYearInBooks is "Beowulf" by anonymous. The story is an epic poem following the giant-killing, dragon-slaying feats of the titular protagonist. What I had liked about "Beowulf" was how blurred the line was between Beowulf and the enemies he had slain; Heorot had killed Grendel's mother's child, and the Geats had stolen from the dragon. Grendel himself attacked Hrothgar's mead hall because he felt wronged by their joy. In every case, "Beowulf" matches both sides of its conflicts with reason, and that gives this epic its real-world feeling
My Goodreads' 2020 #MyYearInBooks can be seen here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2020/83965332
Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html
While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html
Thank you for reading.
Until next time,
Allen W. McLean
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