{"product_id":"rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam","title":"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam","description":"Review\n\nan attractive new edition with a lengthy essay by Tony Briggs, who characterises the poem, memorably, as \"the story of the apocalypse told to us by a kind uncle\" ― DAILY MAIL\n\na lovely new edition... Professor Briggs does us all a favour by putting before our red and weary eyes FitzGerald and this legacy from an older Iran. -- Libby Purves ― TIMES\n\nProduct Description\n\nThe best-loved, bestselling poem ever published, brought up to date with a sumptuous new look.\n\nEdward FitzGerald's much-loved, often-quoted, bestselling 1859 translation of the RUBAIYAT, with Attar's charming narrative poem, BIRD PARLIAMENT. Also featuring an extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.\n\nAwake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night\nHas flung the Stone that put the Stars to Flight:\nAnd Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught\nThe Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.\n\nBook Description\n\nThe best-loved, bestselling poem ever published, brought up to date with a sumptuous new look.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nOmar Khayyam was a Persian astronomer, mathematician and poet. He died in 1122.","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40331726422101,"sku":"9781780228297N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/ddbebde7-5950-4d06-b3c6-931cac83dcce.jpg?v=1663601769","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}