Into the world of dragons and monsters, knights and kings, nature and the super natural. These were boyhood dreams and realities. When Lawrence was little, my ex-husband brought home J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit—his favorite when he was a child—and gifted his son with his first fantasy novel.
Lawrence went on to explore that world in video games, a different medium with keyboard and fast thumbs. The fantasy characters have grown to include the Orient and aliens from space.
Only now have I crossed the ocean, from The Monkey King (my childhood’s favorite) to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The medium has also changed, from prose to poetry.
Which translation of Gawain?
J.R.R. Tolkien’s.
Going to read Orfeo & the Pearl also?
Yes, Sir Mackin.
Thanks, but nahhhh. I think if I had been around back then I’d have been a toothless peasant rolling around in the mud with the pigs, that is until I caught the plague, or a dead foot soldier.