Gilgamesh: A New English Version

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Published June 21, 2004

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version is a book about Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell. It was published in New York by The Free Press in 2004, ISBN 978-0-7432-6164-7, and is held in over 2700 WorldCat libraries. It was reviewed by Jasper Grifrin in The New York Review of Books 53, no. 4, (2006): 25, by The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 12, no. 2, (2005): 38–39, and the Hudson Review, Summer, 2005, vol. 58, no. 2, p. 329-334.

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XolokReads reviewed Gilgamesh: A New English Version

When do we get the Epic of Gargamel?

4 stars

This is my first reading of any version of Gilgamesh. This translation/retelling is pretty clear and engaging. One thing you pick up from the author's essay is that Stephen Mitchell REALLY likes the Epic of Gilgamesh. No doubt, this an amazing story. I don't think that its age places it ahead of all the other ancient epics though. It was a great story and a first of its type written down. I don't think that means it is greater than subsequent epics.