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Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell (2006, Paperback, Reprint) 
Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell (2006, Paperback, Reprint)

 
Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell (2006, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Stephen Mitchell
Publisher: Free Pr
Publication Date: 2006-01-24
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0743261690
ISBN-13: 9780743261692
Product ID: EPID48269112
Description: The ancient Sumerian epic, GILGAMESH, is the oldest known book, written more than a millennium after his death about the king of Uruk (now Iraq), who ruled in c. 2500 BCE. Gilgamesh is not handling his kingship very well: he is arrogantl...
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The ancient Sumerian epic, GILGAMESH, is the oldest known book, written more than a millennium after his death about the king of Uruk (now Iraq), who ruled in c. 2500 BCE. Gilgamesh is not handling his kingship very well: he is arrogantly obsessed with becoming immortal, and he's also a hard-living, womanizing playboy. But he becomes intrigued when he hears about a wild man living in the woods, and has Enkidu, the hermit, brought to Uruk by a ruse. As the two become friends--and soul mates, the mirror of each other's psyche--Gilgamesh begins to mend his ways. Their subsequent adventures, involving the monster Humbaba and the goddess Ishtar, end with the death of Enkidu, leaving Gilgamesh chastened, wiser, and resigned to his fate as a mortal man, and to achieving immortality through his good works as a king rather than by means of grandiose deeds.

Details
Publication Date:2006-01-24
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:290 pages
Height:8.3 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:9.6 oz

Publisher's Note
An English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic poem seeks to convey the work's literary richness and follows the journey of conquest and self-discovery by the heroic king of Uruk, in an edition complemented by an introduction that places the story in its historical, spiritual, and cultural context. By the author and translator of The Book of Job and Tao Te Ching.

Industry Reviews
"...Mitchell seeks language that is as swift and strong as the story itself....This wonderful new version of the story of Gilgamesh shows how the story came to achieve literary immortality--not because it is a rare ancient artifact, but because reading it can make people in the here and now feel more completely alive."
Publishers Weekly (08/16/2004)

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