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This brilliant new treatment of the oldest epic in the world is a literary event. Esteemed translator and best-selling author Stephen Mitchell breathes life into a 3,700-year-old classic, delivering a lithe and muscular rendering that shows how startlingly alive Gilgamesh is, how filled with intelligence and beauty. It is the story of literature's first hero, an historical king of Uruk in Babylonia, and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned.Product Identifiers
PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
ISBN-101419305409
ISBN-139781419305405
eBay Product ID (ePID)116918983
Product Key Features
Book TitleGilgamesh : a New English Version
TopicClassics, Middle Eastern, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year2004
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry, Fiction
AuthorStephen Mitchell
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes4 Vols.
Dewey Decimal892/.1
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition
Narrated byGuidall, George, Mcdonough, John