Gren­del by John Gard­ner tells the sto­ry of the Beowulf leg­end from the per­spec­tive of the mon­ster, Gren­del. The nov­el explores his inner tur­moil, exis­ten­tial ques­tions, and com­plex rela­tion­ship with human­i­ty, offer­ing a deep­er, more philo­soph­i­cal take on the clas­sic tale.