Gilgamesh the Hero
Gr. 6-9. McCaughrean employs her supple style in this version of the oldest recorded story in the world. Gilgamesh was a real king around 3000 B.C.E. in the Sumerian city of Uruk (now in Iraq). This tale, originally engraved on 12 stone tablets whose thousands of pieces are still studied and puzzled over, is rendered with simplicity and power. Gilgamesh finds a kindred spirit in Enkidu, the wild man, and the two of them together conquer the guardian of the forest and the bull of heaven. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh overwhelmed with the loss and terror of his own dying, goes on a long quest to find the secret of everlasting life, undergoing many trials and learning lessons. He hears the story of the flood--not much different from the biblical version. Siduri the innkeeper tells Gilgamesh the joys of life: "Children. That's the shape of happiness . . . Cherries in bed . . . Someone to sit with in the shade." Parkins' muscular images, inspired by Assyrian art and reminiscent of Leonard Fisher's art, are a fine foil for the text, which begs to be read aloud. GraceAnne DeCandido
Copyright é American Library Association. All rights reserved
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: United States, 1 June 2003
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
Age Range: 5-9
Other Information: Illustrated
Dimensions: 25.7 x 19.8 x 1.3 centimeters (0.63 kg)
Writer: Geraldine McCaughrean, David Parkins
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