Beowulf. Edición en rústica (Sillón Orejero)

Astisendo Grupo Editorial Beowulf Hard Cover Comic. Santiago García and David Rubín have joined their talents to update the myth of Beowulf, which for more than a thousand years has inspired generations of authors, from J.R.R. Tolkien to a good number of Hollywood screenwriters, based on the heroic poem of the same name, a foundational work of English literature.Although the text was written in what is now the United Kingdom, it deals with the adventures of a Scandinavian hero in lands that currently belong to Denmark and Sweden: a monster, Grendel, has arrived in the kingdom of the Danes. For twelve years, he devours their women and men, until Beowulf arrives from across the sea to try to save them.The version proposed by García and Rubín faithfully follows the plot and three-act structure of the original text. It does not intend to be revisionist, ironic or postmodern, but rather has sought to adhere to the tone and events narrated in the poem, and to convey with all its power the epic and melancholic resonance of its verses through the formal resources of contemporary comics.The perspective is not, therefore, that of the sword and sorcery or heroic fantasy genre, but rather that of reconstructing a very old story with a modern eye, respecting the monumental simplicity of the source material.Thus, Beowulf takes on a new life, as if it were a story that we are discovering for the first time. tradeinn Techinn