- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books; 1st Edition edition (28 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861977182
- ISBN-13: 978-1419308185
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.6 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 816,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Peter Matthiessen, author of The Snow Leopard
Quite wonderful in its limpidity and the immediacy of its live emotions.
Malcolm Jones, Newsweek
beautifully retold... a page-turner... This book proves that in the right hands, no great story ever grows stale.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Truly epic,
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This review is from: Gilgamesh (Paperback)
Stephen Mitchell's translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh is absolutely amazing. Previous translations I've read have been undoubtedly scholarly and accurate but Mitchell's work is on a different level. This is Gilgamesh as literature. Presumably Mitchell has filled in gaps and ironed out ambiguities, but the end product is a coherent whole where the modern translator never intrudes on this ancient yarn which combines action with philosophy on a truly epic scale.
Gilgamesh deserves to be as widely known as the Iliad and anyone who wants to know more about mythology or ancient literature should read this version. Here we have adventure, tragedy, a great friendship and an older and more compassionate version of the Noah story. This is not just one of the earliest pieces of literature, it is also once of the greatest.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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What a great story!!!,
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This review is from: Gilgamesh (Paperback)
I don't really know much history - didn't do it a school - and hadn't heard of Gilgamesh. For that matter, not many people I've asked have.
In any case, what a wonderful story! Personally I skipped the authors introduction (66 pages long!), which seems to cover the majority of the story, and first read the story itself, going back later to the intro for context. There is also some information and opinion in the extensive notes section at the back. Anyhow, a very enjoyable and fascinating read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Moving, wonderful, heartfelt,
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Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh is wonderful, powerful, moving, erotic. It brings an ancient story to life. It's a tale of friendship, and how friendship can change us.
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