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Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Gilgamesh: A New English Version


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Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell's version allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is.

About the Author :
Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make old classics thrillingly new. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, the Iliad, Gilgamesh, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, Bhagavad Gita, and The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. His website is StephenMitchellBooks.com.

Review :
"A flowing, unbroken version that reads as effortlessly as a novel...with startlingly familiar hopes, fears, and lusts. Mitchell...cracks open the lessons in Gilgamesh by rebuilding its clay fragments into a poem easy on the eyes and the transcultural imagination....Vibrant, earnest, unfussily accessible.... The muscular eloquence and rousing simplicity of Mitchell's four-beat line effectively unleash the grand vehemence of the epic's battle scenes, and the characters' ominous visions emerge with uncanny clarity." -- The New York Times Book Review "Beautifully retold and a page-turner in the bargain. Like Seamus Heaney's recent retelling of Beowulf, this book proves that in the right hands, no great story ever grows stale." -- Newsweek "Seamus Heaney isn't the only one intent on making the classics relevant to our times. Mitchell...offers a limpid retelling of this story about absolute power.... Its message of love, loss, and endurance [is] rendered in fresh, forceful language." -- Los Angeles Times "The mysterious, sinewy surge of his verse [is] thoroughly modern, yet an uncanny evocation of the primeval." -- The Boston Globe "Utterly enthralling reading, thanks to Mr. Mitchell's skill and flair in recasting the ancient text." -- The New York Sun


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780743261692
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 331 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0743261690
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A New English Version
  • Width: 140 mm


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