Stephen Mitchell | Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Recorded Oct 19, 2004
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Stephen Mitchell is a poet, translator, and scholar celebrated for his ability to impart new life to literary masterpieces and ancient texts. His translations of Tao Te Ching, Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and the Bhagavad Gita have become bestsellers. In this new version of Gilgamesh, Mitchell provides a historical, spiritual, and cultural context for the story of literature's first hero: the King of Uruk (in what is present-day Iraq).
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