Gilgamesh the King

Zusatztext The Gilgamesh Trilogy: “A powerful version of the Gilgamesh epic…a stirring and sad tale.” – The New Yorker Informationen zum Autor Ludmila Zeman Klappentext Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat, a singer from the temple, and he follows her back to Uruk. There, Enkidu, the "uncivilized” beast from the forest, shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human. Zusammenfassung Gilgamesh! half-god and half-man! in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built! driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer! another kind of man! Enkidu! is sent to earth to live among the animals and learn kindness from them. He falls in love with Shamhat! a singer from the temple! and he follows her back to Uruk. There! Enkidu! the “uncivilized” beast from the forest! shows the evil Gilgamesh through friendship what it means to be human.

Product details

• Authors: Ludmila Zeman
• Assisted by: Ludmila Zeman (Illustration), Ludmila Zeman (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.1998
• EAN: 9780887764370
• ISBN: 978-0-88776-437-0
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 291 mm x 260 mm x 3 mm
• Series: Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback); The Gilgamesh Trilogy; The Gilgamesh Trilogy
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas