Gilgamesh’s Snake and Other Poems Paperback / softback
by Ghareeb Iskander
Part of the Middle East Literature in Translation series
Paperback / softback
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2016
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- ISBN:9780815610717
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/03/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815610717
