Gilgamesh : a novel /
Joan London.
- 1st Grove Press pbk. ed.
- New York : Grove Press, c2001.
- 256 p ; 21 cm.
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In 1937 Australia, a naïve seventeen-year-old girl is awakened culturally and sexually by an Armenian visitor who relates exotic tales--including the "Epic of Gilgamesh" to her--and, two years later, as the world braces itself for war, she sets off with her young son to find him in Soviet territory.
Australians--Armenia (Republic)--Fiction. Mothers and sons--Fiction. Storytelling--Fiction. World War, 1939-1945--Armenia (Republic)--Fiction. Australians--Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Mother-son relationship--Fiction. Storytelling--Fiction. War stories. World War, 1939-1945--Armenia (Republic)--Fiction.