The Tablet of Destinies

The Tablet of Destinies

by Roberto Calasso
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 26/07/2022

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An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great Flood


A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and decided to send a flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree. He advised one of his devotees, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals, and saved these living creatures from the Flood.


Rather than punish Utnapishtim for his disobedience, Enlil, King of the gods, granted the mortal eternal life and banished him to the island of Dilmun. Thousands of years later, when Sinbad the Sailor is shipwrecked and arrives on that very same island, the two begin a conversation about courage, loss, salvation and sacrifice.

ISBN:
9780141998466
9780141998466
Category:
Folklore
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
26-07-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Roberto Calasso

Roberto Calasso (Author) Born in Florence, Roberto Calasso lives in Milan, where he is publisher of Adelphi Edizioni.

He is the author of an ongoing series of books which began with The Ruin of Kasch and includes The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, and Ardor.

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