{"product_id":"gilgamesh-john-gardner-john-maier","title":"Gilgamesh - John Gardner \u0026 John Maier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gilgamesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Gardner and John Maier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Books \/ Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Vintage Books Edition, October 1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780394740898\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second-hand. Very Good. Clean, sound copy with light shelf and edge wear, minor rubbing and slight handling marks to the covers. Spine remains straight and the pages appear clean from the supplied photographs. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Gardner and Assyriologist John Maier present a literary translation of the ancient Mesopotamian \u003cem\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e, following the Sin-leqi-unninni version of the text. The poem follows the king of Uruk, his friendship with Enkidu, encounters with monsters and gods, and Gilgamesh's increasingly desperate confrontation with grief, mortality and the possibility of immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the foundational surviving works of world literature, \u003cem\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e is especially significant for its ancient Mesopotamian mythology and its flood narrative, which predates the Biblical account by centuries. Gardner's contribution aimed to retain the poem's literary and lyrical force, while Maier supplied the scholarly framework around the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Gardner \u0026 John Maier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187431899359,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/gilgamesh-gardner-maier-front.jpg?v=1786423414","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/gilgamesh-john-gardner-john-maier","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}