| Gilgamesh Redux: a poetic cycle Contributor(s): Ebert, John David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545388962 ISBN-13: 9781545388969 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.52 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gilgamesh Redux is a retelling of the ancient Babylonian epic in modern contemporary poetic idiom. The tale of one man's quest to defeat mortality has been rendered in a surrealistic poetic style that is evocative of the literary styles of such contemporary writers as Jose Saramago, Cormac McCarthy or William Burroughs. It is a fantastic journey through the crumbling ancient land of an archaic Mesopotamia. The tales of the forebears of Gilgamesh--those of his father Lugalbanda and his grandfather Enmerkar--have also been included in order to tell the epic history of the rise and fall of the solar dynasty of the city of ancient Uruk. |