{"product_id":"the-epic-of-gilgamesh-andrew-george-9780140449198","title":"Black Classics: The Epic of Gilgamesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew George's \"masterly new translation\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e) of the world's first truly great work of literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. Alongside its themes of family, friendship and the duties of kings, \u003cem\u003eThe Epic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e is, above all, about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Babylonian version has been known for over a century, but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian and Sumerian. Andrew George's award-winning translation has been revised to include many new discoveries of text, and reissued in 2019. It brilliantly combines these into a fluent narrative and will long rank as the definitive English \u003cem\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Translator\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew George is Professor of Babylonian at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies) in London. His research has taken him many times to Iraq to visit Babylon and other ancient sites, and to museums in Baghdad, Europe and North America to read the original clay tablets on which the scribes of ancient Iraq wrote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46999840325789,"sku":"9780140449198","price":64.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/TheEpicofGilgamesh_9780140449198_FC_mphbooks.jpg?v=1754619961","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-andrew-george-9780140449198","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}