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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
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Item Description...
Translated with an Introduction by Andrew George. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 228
Dimensions: Length: 0.75" Width: 5.25" Height: 7.75"
Weight: 0.52 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Apr 1, 2003
Publisher Penguin Group USA
ISBN 0140449191
EAN 9780140449198
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Availability 161 units.
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 | Enjoyable Jan 24, 2010 |
| i didn't realize how fragmented different parts of the story were. However, the story was enjoyable to read and the translation read well. Remarkable parallels to different bible stories. | | |  | THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT THE BOOK EDITIONS...BE CAREFUL!!! Jan 12, 2010 |
There are two different versions of this book being sold by this site.
The one version is the more current and is translated by: Andrew George
You can get that one here:
http://www.this site/Epic-Gilgamesh-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263331576&sr=8-1
Then there is the older version translated by: N.K. Sanders
You can get that one here:
http://www.this site/gp/product/014044100X/ref=oss_T15_product
I needed the one by N.K. Sanders for my college class and bought the wrong one at first because I didn't know the difference.
To make it nice and easy...
The Andrew George Version has a pegasus (horse with wings) on the front
The N.K. Sanders Version has (Stone people with Beards or monkeys) on the front.
Be careful which one you buy so that you don't have to ship it back like I did. | | |  | DO NOT BUY THIS... NOT THE CURRENT PAPERBACK EDITION Dec 22, 2009 |
| Warning. Do not buy this edition. It is NOT the current Penguin edition translated by Andrew George, but the digitization of the elderly N.K. Sandars edition. The Kindle edition is missing all of the extra Babylonian and Sumerian texts. NOT WORTH IT. DON'T DO IT. | | | | And every man alone must rage against his fate Oct 7, 2009 |
Or something like that. I'm sure I've gotten the quote slightly wrong. But be that as it may it does very much sum up much of this stories reason to be. The epic of Gilgamesh comes down to us from Sumerian times though its kernel may indeed be older than even that. Based on the story of a great god-king fellow it is does not appear to have come down to us totally 100% complete. This version has a fairly informative preface introducing the reader to some of the academia behind the story and while it didn't really engage me overmuch it was admittedly useful in understanding the story.
And the story touches very much on a number of central tenets of humankind which is perhaps why it's proved so popular not only amongst an academic readership. Comprehensively taking the reader into subject areas such as mans quest for power, his insecurities regarding mortality and the nature of friendship and indeed some philosophy of leadership and it's relation to those ruled this book is a very good addition to any `classics' library you may be building up for yourself or your children.
It must be pointed out however that this isn't the sort of ancient classic I'd hand to a newcomer to the genre. The prose format of the story combined with the expressions contained in it as well as the simple fact that certain lines and couplets are incomplete do make this a bit of an acquired taste. Certainly I'd visit Homer or Virgil first and perhaps stuff like Beowulf before diving headlong into this somewhat more obtuse read. | | |  | Great find! Jul 10, 2009 |
| I need this book for my freshman orientation class and instead of paying fifteen dollars for a new (and taxed) copy, I bought it in near-perfect condition for seven bucks. This was a great find! | | | Write your own review about The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
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