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La cité des mots: CBC Massey Lectures

Book by Alberto Manguel · 4 quotes · Epic Of Gilgamesh, Other, The Other

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La cité des mots: CBC Massey Lectures Quotes

“What the poet tells us is that, after the ordeals and adventures, after the revelation and the loss, the king must do two things: preserve the splendor of his city and tell his own story. Both tasks are complementary: both speak of the intimate connection between building a city of walls and building a story of words, and both require, in order to be accomplished, the existence of the other.”