| Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems: Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Iskander, Ghareeb (Author), Glenday, John (Translator), Iskander, Ghareeb (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0815610718 ISBN-13: 9780815610717 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.717 |
| LCCN: 2015048634 |
| Series: Middle East Literature in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.45" W x 8.68" (0.31 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is perhaps the greatest surviving work of early Mesopotamian literature. According to legend, Gilgamesh built the city walls of Uruk, modern-day Iraq, to protect his people from external threats. Although the epic records events from more than four thousand years ago, those events echo many of the social and cultural concerns of Iraq today. In this luminous bilingual collection of poems, Ghareeb Iskander offers a personal response to the epic. Iskander's modern-day Gilgamesh is a nameless Iraqi citizen who witnessed the fall of the dictatorship, who exists in a constant state of threat, and who dreams, not about eternity, but simply about life. While Gilgamesh was searching for the elixir of life, Iskander's hero is searching for consolation. |