The most complete Gilgamesh in translation--including the new discoveries from tablet V.THE EPIC OF GILGAMESHÂ is theÂ UrÂ epic--the hero's journey, quest, and

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The most complete Gilgamesh in translation--including the new discoveries from tablet V.

THE EPIC OF GILGAMESHÂ is theÂ UrÂ epic--the hero's journey, quest, and education--inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest of Ecclesiastes found their voices. Sumerian versions of the epic date back almost 5000 years. It is a Bildungsroman of a bad king learning to become a proper human being and therefore a wise king, and to do so, besides defeating lions and monsters and surviving great physical and emotional suffering, he must face, and answer, the first (and last) great question: mortality.

Translated into English and presented here in its entirety as a graphic novel, this version ofÂ THE EPIC OF GILGAMESHÂ is a father/son project by scholar and translator Kent H. Dixon and his son, the comix artist Kevin Dixon, who bring a fresh take on this great work. The reader is slowed down by the artwork and visual jokes and the artist's wry hat-tippings to various masters (Crumb and Gilbert Shelton alongside Schultz and Capp,Â PopeyeÂ andÂ Krazy Kat, Uderzo'sÂ AstÃ©rixÂ and HergÃ©'sÂ Tintin), and then, once the reading pace has shifted into lower gear, having all these aspects complementarily drawn out, makes for an especially satisfying counterpoint to the low-key, the wise and cynical and morally sophisticated, and sometimes sublimely Olympian humor.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
Height 10
Length 8.26
Weight 1.23679328982
Width 0.54
ReleaseDate 2018-06-05
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
Height	10
Length	8.26
Weight	1.23679328982
Width	0.54
ReleaseDate	2018-06-05
NumberOfItems	1

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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