{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-9780375709920","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","description":"\u003cb\u003eA splendid translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text--f\u003cb\u003erom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and \"one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era\" (Edward Hirsch).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the height of Christmas and New Year's revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur's court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a day's time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds--an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains--as he endeavors to fulfill his promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: \"We seem to recognize him--his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace--without being able to place him ... We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. S. Merwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375709920","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713441403017,"sku":"9780375709920","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_572ffe74-5bcc-4bf5-ba1d-1c9053ee85d7.jpg?v=1719611664","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-9780375709920","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}