Gilgamesh the King

Gilgamesh the King

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name = Gilgamesh the King
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image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = Robert Silverberg
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Arbor House
release_date = 1984
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 320 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-877-95599-9
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"Gilgamesh the King" is a 1984 fantasy novel by Robert Silverberg presenting the Epic of Gilgamesh as a novel.

Plot introduction

The novel is told from the point of view of Gilgamesh, and is primarily ambivalent about the supernatural elements of the epic. Most of the events are portrayed in a fairly realistic manner, and the reader is left undecided as to whether certain events are coincidence, or divine intervention.

Silverberg afterwards wrote a number of stories for the fantasy anthology series "Heroes in Hell" describing Gilgamesh's posthumous adventures in the underworld, including the award-winning novella "Gilgamesh in the Outback."


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