Description A repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries.
In this modern translation, complete with critical introduction and epilogue, Juan Cole elegantly renders the verse for contemporary readers.
Exploring such universal questions as the meaning of life, fate and how to .
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