Gilgamesh’s Snake and Other Poems
Ghareeb Iskander author John Glenday editor Ghareeb Iskander editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Published:30th Mar '16
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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.
ISBN: 9780815610717
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 145g
112 pages
Bilingual Edition