| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
515 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Ibis trilogy ; bk. 1 |
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Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
Ibis trilogy ; bk. 1.
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| Summary |
Turning his eye to the nineteenth-century opium trade, the acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh has crafted a novel that is by turns witty and provocative, while delivering a magnificent historical adventure. An intricate saga, Sea of Poppies brings together a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, who have embarked on a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean in the midst of the Opium Wars between Britain and China. This panorama of characters, including a mulatto freedman from America, a bankrupt raja, a beautiful, free-spirited French orphan, a widowed tribeswoman, and other disparate members of society, brings to life a period of colonial upheaval that caused seismic cultural shifts throughout the globe. The events transpiring aboard the Ibis (a former slave ship) provide a rich tapestry of a time when the world stood poised to witness some of the most profound destruction-and most sweeping liberation-in the history of humanity. From the lush poppy fields of the Ganges to the crowded backstreets of Canton, across a rolling high sea that beckons throughout the narrative, this is a portrait of fateful events you will not soon forget. |
| Subject |
Schooners -- Fiction.
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Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
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Sailors -- Fiction.
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Travelers -- Fiction.
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Social classes -- India -- Fiction.
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Opium trade -- History -- Fiction.
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India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780374174224 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0374174229 hardcover alkaline paper |
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