The Dark Lord wants his ring back. The fate of Middle-earth hangs in the balance. And the person carrying it is a small, soft-footed hobbit from a very comfortable hole in the ground. Tolkien’s foundational epic is grand in every sense—sweeping landscapes, ancient evil, immortal poetry—but its secret is that it never loses sight of Frodo and Sam, two ordinary souls a very long way from home.
“Along with the heartbreaking sorrow, there is a grandeur to this view of human life, to the ruin persisting long after the tower has fallen. Deeply and essentially true, Tolkien’s vision can give shape and meaning to those griefs we as humans cannot escape.” – New York Times
Heads up: Frodo’s timeless journey takes him through war, violence, and death.
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