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Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems (Middle East Literature In Translation)
Ghareeb Iskander
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Description for Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems (Middle East Literature In Translation)
Paperback. In this luminous bilingual collection of poems, Ghareeb Iskander offers a personal response to the The Epic of Gilgamesh. 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. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Condition
New
Weight
142g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610717
SKU
V9780815610717
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About Ghareeb Iskander
Ghareeb Iskander is an Iraqi poet living in London. He has published numerous collections of poems, including A Chariot of Illusion. His critical work includes Semiotic Trends in the Critique of Arab Poetry. John Glenday is an award-winning Scottish poet and translator. He is the author of several poetry collections, including Grain and Undark.
Reviews for Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems (Middle East Literature In Translation)
The Epic of Gilgamesh forms the core field of reference in Iskander's own epic of exile and loss. There, among the great eternal symbols of lamentation and vain entreaty which are parts of the troubled stream of the poem, we find perfectly contemporary pieces of debris such as 'the old photograph album' and 'the sad bicycle'....The book is a majestic ... Read more