Maalouf, Amin.

Samarkand : a novel / Amin Maalouf ; translated by Russell Harris. - New York : Interlink Books, 2004. - vii, 304 pages ; 21 cm. - Interlink world fiction . - Interlink world fiction. .

Poets and lovers -- The Assassin's paradise -- The end of the millenium -- A poet at sea.

The life of Omar Khayyam, the 11th Century Persian poet who wrote The Rubaiyaat, chronicling his adventures and romances. The novel is in two parts, the second describing the manner in which the manuscript reached the West.

"Winner of the Priz des Maisons de la Presse"--Page 4 of cover.

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Omar Khayyam--Fiction.
Omar Khayyam.


Samarqand (Uzbekistan)--History--Fiction.
Uzbekistan--Samarqand.


Fiction.
History.

PQ3979.2.M28 / .S213 2004

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