num_pages: 290
description: This brilliant new treatment of the world's oldest epic is a literary event on par with Seamus Heaney's wildly popular Beowulf translation. Esteemed translator and best-selling author Stephen Mitchell energizes a heroic tale so old it predates Homer's Iliad by more than a millennium.In the ancient city of Uruk, the tyrannical King Gilgamesh tramples citizens "like a wild bull". The gods send an untamed man named Enkidu to control the ruthless king, but after fighting, Enkidu and Gilgamesh become great friends and embark on a series of adventures. They kill fearsome creatures before Enkidu succumbs to disease, leaving Gilgamesh despondent and alone. Eventually, Gilgamesh moves forward, and his quest becomes a soul-searching journey of self-discovery.Mitchell's treatment of this extraordinary work is the finest yet, surpassing previous versions in its preservation of the wisdom and beauty of the original.©2004 Stephen Mitchell (P)2004 Recorded Books LLC
language: English
title: Gilgamesh: A New English Version
titlecomplete: Gilgamesh: A New English Version
genres: Classics, Epic, Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Ancient, Audiobook, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 7875
publisher: Atria Books