Sea of Poppies
Ghosh, Amitav
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. The ship's destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean; its purpose is to fight China's vicious nineteenth-century Opium Wars. As for the crew, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners together on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a freespirited 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. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races, and generations. The first in an epic trilogy, this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, the backstreets of Canton. But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encap sulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, that makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive--a masterpiece from one of the world's finest novelists.
AUTHOR BIO
AMITAV GHOSH is the internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novel The Glass Palace, and the recipient of numerous prizes and awards. He divides his time among Kolkata and Goa, India, and Brooklyn, New York.
BOOK REVIEWS
"A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."--The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."--The Washington Post "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."--The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."--Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."--Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."--Chicago Sun-Times
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312428596
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312428594
Dewey Decimal: 823/.914
Library of Congress: 2009017301
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 543
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