Yiyun Li
Author
Series
Save the story volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A real friend is a companion for your heart. Godlike Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, has built a beautiful city, but is also a terrible tyrant. In answer to the prayers of his oppressed citizens, the gods create Enkidu, a wild man whose destiny is to first fight Gilgamesh, and then become his life-long friend. They embark on adventures together, but when they--together--kill the Bull of Heaven, Enkidu must pay the ultimate price. In his grief and fear of...