{"product_id":"the-tablet-of-destinies-paperback","title":"The Tablet of Destinies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Calasso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Calasso \u003c\/b\u003e(1941-2021) was born in Florence and lived in Milan. Begun in 1983 with\u003ci\u003e The Ruin of Kasch\u003c\/i\u003e, his landmark series now comprises \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ka\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e K.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tiepolo Pink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e La Folie Baudelaire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Celestial Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Unnamable Present\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of All Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and now \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet of Destinies\u003c\/i\u003e. Calasso also wrote the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Impure Fool \u003c\/i\u003eand eight books of essays, the first three of which have been published in English: \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forty-Nine Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterature and the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Madness That Comes from the Nymphs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Letters to an Unknown Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hieroglyphs of Sir Thomas Browne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rule of the Good Neighbor; or, How to Find an Order for Your Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Allucinations\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the publisher of Adelphi Edizioni. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Parks \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated works by Machiavelli, Leopardi, Moravia, Pavese, and Calvino. He is also the author of many novels and works of nonfiction, most recently\u003ci\u003e Out of My Head: On the Trail of Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703426609459,"sku":"9781250872944","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UW9vMFlIb1ZWc2RKNkZzeGpDejh1Zz09.webp?v=1763323190","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-tablet-of-destinies-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}