The Sea of Poppies: A Novel - Amitav Ghosh - Books - Picador - 9780312428594 - September 29, 2009
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The first in an epic trilogy, Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" (The Observer [London]).


At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppiesis "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" (Vogue).


 

560 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 29, 2009
ISBN13 9780312428594
Publishers Picador
Pages 560
Dimensions 141 × 211 × 26 mm   ·   553 g
Language English  

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