TY - BOOK AU - Maalouf,Amin AU - Harris,Russell TI - Samarkand: a novel T2 - Interlink world fiction SN - 1566562937 AV - PQ3979.2.M28 .S213 2004 U1 - 843 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Interlink Books KW - Omar Khayyam KW - Omar Khayyam. KW - Samarqand (Uzbekistan) KW - History KW - Fiction KW - Uzbekistan KW - Samarqand KW - fast N1 - Poets and lovers -- The Assassin's paradise -- The end of the millenium -- A poet at sea N2 - 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 ER -