Book record
Gilgamesh’s Snake and Other Poems
Ghareeb Iskander
Translated from Arabic by John Glenday
Gilgamesh's Snake and Other Poems, by Ghareeb Iskander, is a Arabic poetry collection from Iraq, translated by John Glenday, published by Syrcause University Press in 2016. It is a collection that lets ancient Mesopotamian resonance brush against contemporary lyric speech, keeping myth close to the body. There is enough factual grounding here to place the book, but the real test is readerly. Does the poem leave an image behind; does it change the room; does it ask the tongue to behave differently for a moment? This collection earns its place because it keeps that possibility open. That small hesitation matters, because poetry often begins where summary stops being enough.
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syrcause University Press
- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- Iraq
- ISBN
- 9780815610717