Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Paperback)

from Michael.Rimmer

This edition (ISBN13: 9780004105512) contains the full texts of FitzGerald's first, second and fifth editions, together with details of the textual variations of the third and fourth editions. Additionally, there are brief biographies of FitzGerald and Khayyám, a Comparative Table of Quatrains (w...

from Michael.Rimmer

This Folio Society edition is, as ever, beautifully crafted. A slim volume, containing only FitzGerald's first edition, but some stylish, full-page pen drawings by Virgil Burnett make it a worthwhile addition to my bookshelf. Pointless reviewing the poem: it's all been said before.

from Michael.Rimmer

Having read several other editions of the Rubáiyát, this is the first time I've read one with FitzGerald's foreword and his notes, which added much to the experience this time around.I was not previously aware of the debate regarding the possibility of reading Khayyám's frequent references to win...

from Salmondaze

A deserved classic, Fitzgerald's translation of the poetry of Omar Kayyam, here presented in his first two editions, is simply transcendent. In fact I compared the two editions and even though they communicated the same pearl their "shells" were completely different. Fitzgerald said he took liber...

from Ellen

A nice edition with an informative introduction by the editor. The poem was much shorter than I thought it would be but also included is another longer poem that FitzGerald translated.