The Epic of Gilgamesh

Recommended by the Harvard Class,”“Masterpieces of World Literature”. Read it in one sitting. Loved it!

Omg I love that the first recorded novel is a queer love story in the end huhuhu. Gilgamesh rejected the goddess of love Ishtar, who then kills his lover as a punishment. Then, Gilgamesh goes to search for the recipe to immortality to revive his lover. But it's not possible at the end. But at the moment, Gilgamesh is so fucked up. and Enkidu was just created to fight and stop Gilgamesh from rapping every bride in the city. Such a mess.

Read and reviewed: 2022-05-22

The oldest poems ever preserved and they were with homosexual undertones. The story is somewhat engaging and better than the bible, mentioning the bible because there are some similar things like the flood and procreation themes. It is very fascinating to see such an early work of philosophy/religion/folklore/fantasy. I just started to put the history of literature into a weak retrospective and I am very excited to know more and read more ancient works.