Mehdi Aminrazavi
Loved by the free-spirited, hated by his orthdox peers; a stranger in both his homeland and the West: the complexities and contradictions surrounding the life of Omar Khayyam are reconstructed for the first time in this authoritative new book. Engagingly written, this comprehensive study draws on a host of sources, placing Khayyam within the context of his own time, and exploring, through his philosophy and poetry, this lifelong preoccupation with such timeless ...