Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems |
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Author:
| Iskander, Ghareeb |
Managing editor:
| Iskander, Ghareeb Glenday, John |
Series title: | Middle East Literature in Translation Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8156-1071-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.