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This was a great recap of the tale of Gilgamesh. It's aimed at kids, but anyone can enjoy it.
I listened to the audio book on the train, it’s entertaining I have to say
Leuk
Wow! Mi è piaciuta tantissimo questa storia. Pensavo fosse solo per bambini invece insegna molti valori che sono andati perduti. Tenetevi stretti gli amici veri e leggete questo libro
This rendering of the Gilgamesh Epic is ideal for preteen readers. It condenses and skips over a few items, but it adds some good explanations from the storyteller, who endeavors (quite successfully, I might add) to explain some aspects of Gilgamesh's adventures that might seem puzzling to younger readers. The illustrations were colorful, but somewhat unrealistic. (I wish that someone would illustrate the Gilgamesh Epic with fully researched depictions of the characters, based on ancient Mesopot...
"A child's ego (if you don't know the word ego, it comes from Latin, and it means self) - a child's sense of himself or herself, like his or her body, has to grow as the body grows. But unlike a body, an ego sometimes can grow into something too big. An ego, if it is not managed well, can expand into a harmful monster. Often, children's minds are not experienced enough to know when their egos are growing out of bounds and harming others and themselves. (Here's a secret for you: even some grown-u...
This was written more like a children's book, in my opinion, but it was still a pleasant lecture, that helps the reader rediscover the first written story of human kind. It is a great teaser for those who want to get ready to dive into the full epic poem and discover the themes of individuation, meaning of life, the contradiction between love and death, the search for immortality and the meaning of life.More or less, aren't we all like Gilgamesh? Aren't we all troubled about being famous, being
