Editorial Reviews
Review
"[Gilgamesh] has never been better served than in this new translation...Maier's contribution is the meticulous scholarship that envelopes the book...John Gardner's contribution...is the translation itself: lyrical, sinewy, emotionally uncompromising and rhythmically brilliant."
-- William L. Moran, The New York Times Book Review
"The authors brilliantly achieve the goal of infusing the poem with new life and meaning for the modern reader"
-- Ronald Bailey, Newsday
"A moving and exceptionally readable version of the poem."
-- Aaron Shurin, The San Francisco Chronicle
Review
"[Gilgamesh] has never been better served than in this new translation...Maier's contribution is the meticulous scholarship that envelopes the book...John Gardner's contribution...is the translation itself: lyrical, sinewy, emotionally uncompromising and rhythmically brilliant."
-- William L. Moran, The New York Times Book Review
"The authors brilliantly achieve the goal of infusing the poem with new life and meaning for the modern reader"
-- Ronald Bailey, Newsday
"A moving and exceptionally readable version of the poem."
-- Aaron Shurin, The San Francisco Chronicle
Gilgamesh (Vintage)
Gilgamesh (Vintage),John Gardner,John Maier,Vintage,0394740890,African,Epic poetry, Assyro-Babylonian,Folklore & Mythology - Folklore,Literary,Literature: Classics,Sociology,Translations into English,Fiction / Literary,Other prose: classical, early & medieval
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