{"product_id":"austins-golden-rubaiyat-ornamented","title":"Austin's Golden Rubaiyat Ornamented","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis color illustrated 8.25x10.75 hardcover edition contains the ornamented cr�me de la cr�me of my Omaresque style quatrains, as selected from the larger volume of ÔAustin's RubaiyatÕ. These are not translations, but my own inventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Inspired by Omar, I have endeavored to capture his spirit for more modern times, although I have surely been influenced by Edward FitzGeraldÕs translated gems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a companion prose version, ÔThe Triumph of Life, Love, and BeingÕ, in which a loving couple take a long, picaresque journey through the countryside to explore the joys and follies of the human condition, living out the quatrains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Discovery: Long before IÕd ever heard of Omar Khayyˆm, I had come to some of the same conclusions as had he, or so my friend told me one day, saying that I was already living out and proving OmarÕs philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIlluminations: A few of the quatrains were obtained from my other poetry books, which poems in their full text can be found in ÔPoetic EpicsÕ.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44275810468001,"sku":"uft1308","price":370.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1vjgden6-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1714089578","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/austins-golden-rubaiyat-ornamented","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}