Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem

Book Review: “Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem” — A Dazzling Study of the Oldest Long Poem in the World

October 16, 2019
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This is a wonderfully readable book, sure-footed in its scholarship but hip and occasionally hilarious in its tone.

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