Vivid, enjoyable and comprehensible, the poet and pre-eminent
translator Stephen Mitchell makes the oldest epic poem in the world
accessible for the first time. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in
an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create
Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is
trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience
and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil
together. After Enkidu's death the distraught Gilgamesh sets out on
a journey to find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Great Flood,
made immortal by the Gods to ask him the secret of life and death.
Gilgamesh is the first and remains one of the most important works
of world literature. Written in ancient Mesopotamia in the second
millennium B.C., it predates the Iliad by roughly 1,000 years.
Gilgamesh is extraordinarily modern in its emotional power but also
provides an insight into the values of an ancient culture and
civilisation.
General
Imprint: |
Profile Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2005 |
Authors: |
Stephen Mitchell
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Dimensions: |
196 x 126 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
290 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-86197-798-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-86197-798-0 |
Barcode: |
9781861977984 |
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