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Written by Stephen Mitchell Read by George Guidall Format: MP3 Bitrate: 64 Kbps Unabridged  Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins  Release date: 11-11-04  Publisher: Recorded Books Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell’s lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. Gilgamesh dates from as early as 1700 BCE — a thousand years before the Iliad. Lost for almost two millennia, the eleven clay tablets on which the epic was inscribed were discovered in 1853 in the ruins of Nineveh, and the text was not deciphered and fully translated until the end of the century. The epic is the story of literature’s first hero — the king of Uruk in what is present-day Iraq — and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city, that a preemptive attack on a monster can have dire consequences, and that wisdom can be found only when the quest for it is abandoned. In giving voice to grief and the fear of death — perhaps more powerfully than any book written after it — in portraying love and vulnerability and the ego’s hopeless striving for immortality, the epic has become a personal testimony for millions of readers in dozens of languages. Audible listeners gave well-informed reviews—“For some reason Audible called this a “children’s” book, which is debatable. The sexuality is quite direct and graphic. …. It isn’t outright pornography, but it is sexually blunt. “ Also, another reviewer mentioned… “the redactor of this book implies a homoerotic relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The “translator” is actually not making this up: in the 12th tablet of the story, which is not part of this recording for boring academic reasons, the sexual nature of their friendship is explained without mixing words. “ Another comment…” this not a real “translation”, which is true. However, that is not without good reason. An actual word for word translation of the epic is unreadable - only compilations are useful to the general public….” Another…”I think it should be noted that the “author” (or perhaps “editor”) calls this a “version” of Gilgamesh rather than a translation. … Instead, he has taken existing English translations, laid them side by side, and written a new English epic based on existing translations. In the process, he has added details where he found the action a little flat or the transitions a little abrupt. It seems to me that what he has done is not unlike someone writing a screenplay based on a novel –“

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