The Tablet of Destinies

by Roberto Calasso

Book Overview

Roberto Calasso, "a literary institution of one" (The Paris Review), tells the story of the eternal life of Utnapishtim, the savior of man, in the eleventh part of his great literary project.

A long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans, who were making too much noise and disturbing their sleep, and they decided to send a Flood to destroy them. But Ea, the god of fresh underground water, didn't agree and advised one of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374605017
• ISBN13: 9780374605018
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"