Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2010
Summary
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Timeless Meditation on Fate and Pleasure
‘The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.’
In the ‘rubáiyát’ (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age.
His version o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199580507 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199580502 |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Author: | Edward FitzGerald, Daniel Karlin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2010 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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Review from previous edition: “handsome, richly illuminating” –Boyd Tonkin, Independent
`Review from previous edition ‘handsome, richly illuminating”Boyd Tonkin, Independent
About The Author
Edward FitzGerald
Daniel Karlin is Professor of English at the University of Sheffield. His books include Proust’s English and Browning’s Hatreds.
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