Gilgamesh: A New English Version (Unabridged)

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version (Unabridged) Author: Stephen Mitchell Format: Audio Download Audio Length: 3 hours and 58 min. Rating: Retail Price: $24.99 Price: $17.49 You save $7.50 (30%)       Publisher's Summary: 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, preserving the wisdom and beauty of the original as no previous version has.

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