Gilgamesh Retold

Name: Gilgamesh Retold
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Jenny Lewis
ISBN: 9781784108779

Author: Jenny Lewis

Narrator: Jenny Lewis, Colin Still

Unabridged: 1 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Carcanet Press

Published: 06/26/2019

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Classic

Synopsis

Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language – emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the world’s oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fastpaced narrative for a new generation of readers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liam

I'm not sure about the 'Shift of emphasis' touted on the back cover and repeated on the Goodreads page. It feels like a marketing attempt that doesn't do the book justice. As a retelling of Gilgamesh, this is magnificent. Presenting the story as individual poems, and varying the form from poem to po......more

Goodreads review by Fayafi

If you love the epic of Gilgamesh.. then you need to read this book 💕 I LOVEED it 💓......more

Goodreads review by Max

There are aspects to this that I enjoyed a lot. I think there are ways in which the text is shaped aesthetically that are excellent, also the utility of italics was similar to the works of William Wordsworth, which I'm always down for. Being forced to read this for a class with a very peculiar lense......more