JOHN RONALD REUEL
TOLKIEN
FARMER GILES FROM HAM
Translation Evgenia Xatzithanasi-Kollia
In a dark and strange time, when giants walked the earth and dragons flew in the skies, there lived Giles, a simple farmer who was never in the mood for heroics- only for good food and beer. And yet, fate made it so that he would confront and defeat -by chance- a formidable giant.
Thus, the quiet farmer becomes a hero, and when the magical sword Caudimordax falls into his hands -again by chance- everyone now believes that he is capable of facing a more terrible danger, the dragon Chrysophylax, who sets the land ablaze, bringing devastation. At the end of this adventure await the dragon’s priceless treasure and the royal throne or death. A wonderful novel by the great J.R.R. Tolkien, written with skill and humor, presents us with an anti-hero reminiscent of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings.
