Jump to content

Gilgamesh (novel): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
added information concerning prizes
Removed stub tag
 
(39 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|2001 novel by Joan London}}
{{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
{{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name = Gilgamesh
| name = Gilgamesh
| orig title =
| orig title =
| translator =
| translator =
| image =
| image = Gilgamesh (novel).jpg
| author = [[Joan London]]
| caption = First edition
| author = [[Joan London (Australian author)|Joan London]]
| cover_artist =
| cover_artist =
| country = [[Australia]]
| country = [[Australia]]
Line 10: Line 12:
| series =
| series =
| genre = [[Novel]]
| genre = [[Novel]]
| publisher = [[Grove Press]]
| publisher = [[Pan Macmillan]] (AUS)<br>[[Grove Press]] (US)
| release_date = 2001
| release_date = 2001
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[paperback]])
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[paperback]])
| pages = 272 pp
| pages = 272 pp
| isbn = ISBN 0802141218
| isbn = 0-8021-4121-8
| oclc = 55686981
| preceded_by =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[The Good Parents]]
| followed_by = [[The Good Parents]]
}}
}}


'''''Gilgamesh''''' is the first full-length novel written by [[Joan London (Australian author)|Joan London]], in 2001. Gilgamesh is based on the Epic of [[Gilgamesh]], the world's oldest known poem<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1074243,00.html|title=Journey's End, a Guardian.co.uk book review}}</ref>.
'''''Gilgamesh''''', published in [[2001 in literature|2001]], is the first full-length novel written by [[Joan London (Australian author)|Joan London]]. It is inspired by the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', the world's oldest known poem.<ref name="books.guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1074243,00.html|title=Journey's End, a Guardian.co.uk book review | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=2003-11-01 | accessdate=2010-05-03}}</ref>


In 2002, the novel was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abbeys.com.au/sitepages/page117.asp|title=Miles Franklin Literary Award}}</ref> and was selected as The Age Book of the Year for Fiction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,174/year,2008/month,05/day,23/Itemid,182/|title=The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008}}</ref>.The book has been published with some success in [[Australia]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States of America]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1074243,00.html|title=Journey's End, a Guardian.co.uk book review}}</ref>, where it was a New York Times Notable Book in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,174/year,2008/month,05/day,23/Itemid,182/|title=The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008}}</ref>. It has also been published in Europe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,174/year,2008/month,05/day,23/Itemid,182/|title=The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008}}</ref>.
In 2002, the novel was shortlisted for the [[Miles Franklin Literary Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abbeys.com.au/sitepages/page117.asp |title=Miles Franklin Literary Award |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415104122/http://www.abbeys.com.au/sitepages/page117.asp |archivedate=2008-04-15 }}</ref> and was selected as [[The Age Book of the Year]] for Fiction.<ref name="The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,174/year,2008/month,05/day,23/Itemid,182/|title=The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008|access-date=2008-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731002935/http://www.swf.org.au/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,174/year,2008/month,05/day,23/Itemid,182/|archive-date=2008-07-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> The book has been published with some success in [[Australia]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States of America]].<ref name="books.guardian.co.uk"/> It has also been published in Europe.<ref name="The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008"/>

==Awards and honors==
*[[Western Australian Premier's Book Awards]], Fiction, 2001: shortlisted
*[[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]], Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2002: shortlisted
*[[The Age Book of the Year]] Award, Fiction Prize, 2002: winner
*[[Miles Franklin Literary Award]], 2002: shortlisted
''Gilgamesh'' was listed in ''The New York Times'' Book Review section as one of the Notable Books of 2003.<ref name=nytimes>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/books/review/1207books-notable-fiction.html?pagewanted=4&ei=5070&en=31675d5eb51788bb&ex=1222574400 New York Times]</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1074243,00.html] Guardian review
*[http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1074243,00.html Guardian review]
*[http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/australian/gilgamesh.html] An introduction to the book
*[http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/australian/gilgamesh.html Middlemiss Website: Gilgmesh]


{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilgamesh (Novel)}}
{{story-stub}}
[[Category:2003 novels]]
[[Category:2001 Australian novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Joan London]]
[[Category:Novels set in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Debut novels]]
[[Category:Works based on the Epic of Gilgamesh]]
[[Category:2001 debut novels]]
[[Category:Novels based on poems]]
[[Category:Pan Books books]]

Latest revision as of 05:50, 24 February 2023

Gilgamesh
First edition
AuthorJoan London
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherPan Macmillan (AUS)
Grove Press (US)
Publication date
2001
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Hardback & paperback)
Pages272 pp
ISBN0-8021-4121-8
OCLC55686981
Followed byThe Good Parents 

Gilgamesh, published in 2001, is the first full-length novel written by Joan London. It is inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest known poem.[1]

In 2002, the novel was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award[2] and was selected as The Age Book of the Year for Fiction.[3] The book has been published with some success in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.[1] It has also been published in Europe.[3]

Awards and honors

[edit]

Gilgamesh was listed in The New York Times Book Review section as one of the Notable Books of 2003.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Journey's End, a Guardian.co.uk book review". The Guardian. London. 2003-11-01. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  2. ^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award". Archived from the original on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ a b "The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. ^ New York Times
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Gilgamesh_(novel)&oldid=1141268524"