Ancient king
Dates: 5/17/02,3:56 PM through 5/17/02,9:09 PM (3 postings)
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FROM: krispe <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 3:56 PM
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Kristina Peters
Adult Services Supervisor
North Carroll Public Library
2255 Hanover Pike
Greenmount, MD 21074
410-386-4480 ext. 537
FROM: Lucy Lockley <[removed]@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 5:33 PM
I don't know if I have a specific title or not but it sounds like something
based on the Gilgamesh epic from ancient Mesopotamia. Gilgamesh was an
ancient king who met and became friends with a man he 'finds' in the
wilderness. The 'wild man' from the epic was called, I think,
Enkidu. Perhaps a search using either Gilgamesh or Enkidu would work(?)
There are two novels by Robert Silverberg which have Gilgamesh as a main
character: 'Gilgamesh the King' (1984) and 'To the Land of the Living'
(1990). Another more recent novel is 'Gilgamesh' (2000) by Stephen
Grundy. Could one of these be a possibility?
Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441.2300, Ext. 1563
Collection Development Manager FAX: 636/441.3132
St. Charles City-County Library District
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P.O. Box 529 e-mail: [removed]@mail.win.org
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www.win.org/library
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At 03:38 PM 05/17/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>A patron is looking for title and author of a book she used to own. It takes
>place in ancient times (Middle East?) with a king meeting a man in the woods
>with whom he walks. One incident involves saving a drowning man. The king
>undergoes a change after getting to know the man from the woods and decides a
>simpler life has more appeal. She also thinks it is not a recent title. Not
>much to go on but she has been back to the library several times to see
>how we
>are doing in our search. I have tried the usual sources and Internet searches
>and databases but have drawn a blank.
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>Kristina Peters
>Adult Services Supervisor
>North Carroll Public Library
>2255 Hanover Pike
>Greenmount, MD 21074
>410-386-4480 ext. 537
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/17/02, 9:09 PM
>From: krispe <[removed]@carr.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Ancient king
>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 15:38:03 -0400
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>A patron is looking for title and author of a book she used to own. It
>takes
>place in ancient times (Middle East?) with a king meeting a man in the
>woods
>with whom he walks. One incident involves saving a drowning man. The king
>undergoes a change after getting to know the man from the woods and decides
>a
>simpler life has more appeal. She also thinks it is not a recent title.
It sounds rather like the Epic of Gilgamesh, which definitely is *not*
recent! Try offering her a translation of the original myth.
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