{"product_id":"the-tablet-of-destinies-roberto-calasso-9781250872944","title":"Tablet of Destinies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Calasso, \"a literary institution of one\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e), tells the story of the eternal life of Utnapishtim, the savior of man, in the eleventh part of his great literary project. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 favorite mortals, Utnapishtim, to build a quadrangular boat to house humans and animals. So Utnapishtim saved living creatures from the Flood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than punish Utnapishtim, Enlil, king of the gods, granted him eternal life and banished him to the island of Dilmun. Thousands of years later, Sindbad the Sailor is shipwrecked on that very same island, and the two begin a conversation about courage, loss, salvation, and sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Utnapishtim tells Sindbad is the subject of this book, the eleventh part of Roberto Calasso's great opus that began in 1983 with \u003ci\u003eThe Ruin of Kasch\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e The Tablet of Destinies\u003c\/i\u003e, a continuous narrative from beginning to end, delves into our earliest mythologies and records the origin stories of human civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Calasso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250872944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250872944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.29d","brand":"Roberto Calasso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080046670079,"sku":"9781250872944","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_846e2e2d-eb42-4d83-af4b-07b68511c713.jpg?v=1685484639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tablet-of-destinies-roberto-calasso-9781250872944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}