{"product_id":"9781609807931","title":"The Epic of Gilgamesh","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most complete Gilgamesh in translation--including the new discoveries from tablet V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EPIC OF GILGAMESH \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eUr\u003c\/i\u003e epic--the hero's journey, quest, and education--inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest of Ecclesiastes found their voices. Sumerian versions of the epic date back almost 5000 years. It is a Bildungsroman of a bad king learning to become a proper human being and therefore a wise king, and to do so, besides defeating lions and monsters and surviving great physical and emotional suffering, he must face, and answer, the first (and last) great question: mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated into English and presented here in its entirety as a graphic novel, this version of \u003cb\u003eTHE EPIC OF GILGAMESH \u003c\/b\u003eis a father\/son project by scholar and translator Kent H. Dixon and his son, the comix artist Kevin Dixon, who bring a fresh take on this great work. The reader is slowed down by the artwork and visual jokes and the artist's wry hat-tippings to various masters (Crumb and Gilbert Shelton alongside Schultz and Capp, \u003ci\u003ePopeye \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e, Uderzo's \u003ci\u003eAstérix\u003c\/i\u003e and Hergé's \u003ci\u003eTintin\u003c\/i\u003e), and then, once the reading pace has shifted into lower gear, having all these aspects complementarily drawn out, makes for an especially satisfying counterpoint to the low-key, the wise and cynical and morally sophisticated, and sometimes sublimely Olympian humor.","brand":"Kent H. Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47564227707092,"sku":"9781609807931","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_849ce6a7-8681-4f6f-8328-7f71ca47c4ae.jpg?v=1771383527","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781609807931","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}