The Last Quest of Gilgamesh - Rilegato

Zeman, Ludmila

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0887763286 ISBN 13: 9780887763281

Casa editrice: Tundra Books, 1995

Riassunto

Frightened by the thought of dying, Gilgamesh braves a series of dangers in an effort to learn the secret of eternal life, but although he meets the survivor of the great flood and is offered a chance at perpetual youth, he never achieves his goal, in a retelling of an episode from the story of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest legend.Frightened by the thought of dying, Gilgamesh braves great danger to learn the secret of eternal life, but although he meets the survivor of the great flood and is offered a chance at perpetual youth, he never achieves his goal, in a retelling of an episode from the world's oldest legend

Su questo libro

Recensione:

The Gilgamesh Trilogy:

“A powerful version of the Gilgamesh epic...a stirring and sad tale.”
–The New Yorker

L'autore:

Ludmila Zeman was born in the former Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada in 1984. She has taught art in Vancouver, created animated sequences for Sesame Street and, with her husband, made the film Lord of the Sky, an award-winning animated short. Her epic Gilgamesh trilogy won numerous awards. Her book, The First Red Maple Leaf, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Illustration.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Tundra Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0887763286
• ISBN 13: 9780887763281
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 24
• Disegnatore: Zeman Ludmila