Sea of Poppies A Novel

Name: Sea of Poppies A Novel
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ISBN: 9780312428594

ISBN-10: 0312428596

ISBN-13: 9780312428594

Edition: 2009

Authors: Amitav Ghosh

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At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, theIbis. 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 asjahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 9/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Born in Calcutta, and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford, and Egypt and taught at various Indian and American universities. Author of a travel book and three acclaimed novels. Ghosh has also written for GRANTA, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and THE OBSERVER. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.