num_pages: 96
description: A new verse rendering of the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in Western Literature. Ferry makes Gilgamesh available in the kind of energetic and readable translation that Robert Fitzgerald and Richard Lattimore have provided for readers in their translations of Homer and Virgil.
language: English
title: Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse
titlecomplete: Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse
characters: Uta-napishti, Enkidu, Ishtar, Humbaba, Gilgamesh
genres: Ancient, Poetry, Classics, School, Mythology, Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Epic, Religion
ratings_count: 91674
places: Ur, Mesopotamia
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux