Gilgamesh - A New English Version
Milkman
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https://www.amazon.com/Gilgamesh-English-Version-Stephen-Mitchell/dp/0743261690/ref=pd_vtp_1?pd_rd_w=TiUvi&pf_rd_p=96226b5f-2d9a-439b-be45-97603787c682&pf_rd_r=QDJNMSBP4Z8C2PX9Q8PB&pd_rd_r=6c796b2e-577a-47df-b4a6-430ab528357f&pd_rd_wg=49CYW&pd_rd_i=0743261690&psc=1
"A flowing, unbroken version that reads as effortlessly as a novel...with startlingly familiar hopes, fears, and lusts. Mitchell...cracks open the lessons in Gilgamesh by rebuilding its clay fragments into a poem easy on the eyes and the transcultural imagination....Vibrant, earnest, unfussily accessible.... The muscular eloquence and rousing simplicity of Mitchell's four-beat line effectively unleash the grand vehemence of the epic's battle scenes, and the characters' ominous visions emerge with uncanny clarity."
"A flowing, unbroken version that reads as effortlessly as a novel...with startlingly familiar hopes, fears, and lusts. Mitchell...cracks open the lessons in Gilgamesh by rebuilding its clay fragments into a poem easy on the eyes and the transcultural imagination....Vibrant, earnest, unfussily accessible.... The muscular eloquence and rousing simplicity of Mitchell's four-beat line effectively unleash the grand vehemence of the epic's battle scenes, and the characters' ominous visions emerge with uncanny clarity."
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