'Beautifully retold, and a page-turner in the bargain. Like Seamus Heaney's recent retelling of Beowulf, this book proves that in the right hands no great story ever grows stale,'---Newsweek. One of the earliest epics, Gilgamesh has been found inscribed on stone tablets dating to 1700 B.C. 304 pages, softcover. Free Press.