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Sea of Poppies - Ibis Trilogy Book 1 (Paperback)
Series: Ibis Trilogy
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008 'Sea of Poppies boasts a
varied collection of characters to love and hate, and provides
wonderfully detailed descriptions . . . utterly involving and piles
on tension until the very last page' Sunday Times At the heart of
this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old
slaving-ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across
the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways,
coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has
thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners,
from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical
English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old
family ties are washed away they, like their historical
counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or
ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span
continents, races and generations. The vast sweep of this
historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the
rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of China. But it is
the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed
colonial history of the East itself, which makes Sea of Poppies so
breathtakingly alive - a masterpiece from one of the world's finest
novelists.
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Imprint: |
John Murray Publishers Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Ibis Trilogy |
Release date: |
April 2009 |
Authors: |
Amitav Ghosh
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
533 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7195-6897-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
0-7195-6897-8 |
Barcode: |
9780719568978 |
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