Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Carcanet Press, 2019
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 46 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781784108779 MWT18586110, 1784108774 18586110
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Jenny Lewis, Colin Still
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
Mode of access: World Wide Web