num_pages: 144
description: Herbert Mason's best-selling Gilgamesh is the most widely read and enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic. One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend. A finalist for the National Book Award, Mason's retelling is at once a triumph of scholarship, a masterpiece of style, and a labor of love that grew out of the poet's long affinity with the original.
language: English
title: Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
titlecomplete: Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative
characters: Enkidu, Ishtar, Humbaba, Gilgamesh, Uta-napishti
genres: Ancient, Fiction, Epic, Religion, Literature, Mythology, School, Fantasy, Classics, Poetry
ratings_count: 91674
places: Ur, Mesopotamia
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Signet Books (NY)