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Synopsis
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.
| Size | | Length: | 290 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 18.4 oz |
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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