Description: Epic of Gilgamesh : The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, Paperback by George, Andrew (TRN), ISBN 0140449191, ISBN-13 9780140449198, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Andrew Georges "masterly new translation" (The Times) of the worlds first truly great work of literature
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Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world’s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh’s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, the Epic of Gilgamesh is, above all, about mankind’s eternal struggle with the fear of death.
The Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian. Andrew George’s gripping translation brilliantly combines these into a fluent narrative and will long rank as the definitive English Gilgamesh.
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Book Title: Epic of Gilgamesh
Item Length: 7.7in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.1in
Author: Andrew George
Format: United Kingdom-B Format Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Topic: Classics, Epic, Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Poetry, Fiction
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages