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Item Details
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THE PLAY OF GILGAMESH
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| By: |
Edwin Morgan |
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Paperback |
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£9.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1857548418 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781857548419 |
| Publisher: |
CARCANET PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
24 November, 2005 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Translated from: |
Sumerian |
| Description: |
Edwin Morgan's new version of the Sumerian epic of 'Gilgamesh' brings this ancient epic into the 21st century, instilling it with wit, poignancy and an admirable command of contemporary Scottish speech. |
| Synopsis: |
Edwin Morgan's verse play translation of the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh brings an ancient story to life in a supple, vigorous idiom that moves easily between ritual, comedy and moments of intense beauty. Here a god-king, a great city builder, learns the timeless truth that the only immortality lies in what will be remembered and recorded of his actions. Gilgamesh's quest takes him, and the audience, on a journey through a world that is both mythic and familiar, inhabited by terrifying demons and 'disappeared' political prisoners, by gods and singing transvestites and a Glaswegian jester--and by Enkidu, the beloved child of nature who dies of a virus in the blood, through whom Gilgamesh learns to understand the meaning of loss. Received a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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