{"product_id":"gilgamesh-9781835628089","title":"Gilgamesh","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero \u003cem\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths. The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk in Sumer, Gilgamesh is a hugely influential figure, not least on Homer's famous tales, the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, but also on modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis stories, and later Babylonian interwoven narrative, have it all: quests to the underworld, epic journeys, ghosts, giants and beasts, a great flood, love and death. Together with the goddess Inanna (aka Ishtar) and his beloved companion Enkidu, Gilgamesh experiences adventure and self-discovery as gripping as any Hellenistic hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis exciting book includes new stories that explore this character and all his virtues, flaws, adventures and relationships. Whether as told in the ancient tablets or extrapolated in the authors' imaginations, whether set 2000 years BCE or 2150 CE, the tales are fresh with insight and inventiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso accompanied by an introductory section covering the original tales and background to the character, by Emily H. Wilson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sumerians Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e of novels: \u003cem\u003eInanna\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNinshubar\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader will truly discover the gripping story of this archetypal hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47910617219308,"sku":"9781835628089","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781835628089-gilgamesh.jpg?v=1783648838","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gilgamesh-9781835628089","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}