The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Khayyam, Omar; Avery, Peter; Heath-Stubbs, John (trans)
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About This Item
London: Allen Lane Penguin, 1979. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. colour plates Peter Avery and John Heath-Stubbs translation of the Rubaiyat, intent on recapturing the sceptical and unorthodox spirit of the Persian text by giving as literal an English version as possible; numerous full-page colour plate illustrations, scholarly appendices, and bibliography, endpapers maps; endpapers, prelims, and text block foxed, o.w. Very Good; dustwrapper sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.
Synopsis
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day.
Reviews
With Paintings and Decorations by Sarkis Katchadourian, born in Iran, where he recreated romantic frescoes in old palaces, he then trained in Rome, continued in Paris and then later in Munich. It is really fitting that this cosmopolitan artist's original paintings reproduced in bright colors and the black and white line drawings take you there celebrate under a bough with a book of verse and flask of wine you are magically drawn in and there drinking in the words of the poet.... drunk on the verse.
Fantastic poetry from 11th century Persia as translated by a depressed Englishman going through a divorce in 1859. The first translation is by far the best but it is interesting to get several of them and compare. I'm not a huge poetry fan but I love the simplicity, imagery and strange allegories Omar Khayyam writes about. He was apparently a big fan of the wine.
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- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
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- 23417
- Title
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author
- Khayyam, Omar; Avery, Peter; Heath-Stubbs, John (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good Dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allen Lane Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 128pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Poetry;
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