Gilgamesh''s Snake and Other Poems

Informationen zum Autor Ghareeb Iskander is an Iraqi poet living in London. He has published numerous collections of poems including, A Chariot of Illusion . His critical work includes Semiotic Trends in the Critique of Arab Poetry. John Glenday is an award-winning Scottish poet and translator. He is the author of several poetry collections including, Grain and Undark . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Gharaib Iskandar, Ghareeb Iskander, Ghareeb/ Glenday Iskander
• Assisted by: John Glenday (Translation), Ghareeb Iskander (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2016
• EAN: 9780815610717
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-1071-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Middle East Literature in Translation; Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures