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Rent Gilgamesh: A New English Version
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Format: Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Jan 2006
Genre: Fiction - Classics
Retail Price: $18.99
Pages: 304
Synopsis
An English-language rendering of the world's oldest epic poem seeks to convey the work's literary richness and follows the journey of conquest and self-discovery by the heroic king of Uruk, in an edition complemented by an introduction that places the story in its historical, spiritual, and cultural context. By the author and translator of The Book of Job and Tao Te Ching. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.