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Gilgamesh Retold

Jenny Lewis

Narrator Jenny Lewis, Colin Still

Publisher: Carcanet Press

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Summary

Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language – emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the world’s oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fastpaced narrative for a new generation of readers.
Duration: about 2 hours (01:46:54)
Publishing date: 2019-06-26; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2018. Copyright Statment: —