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Sea of Poppies

- Ibis Trilogy Book 1
Af: Amitav Ghosh Engelsk Paperback

Sea of Poppies

- Ibis Trilogy Book 1
Af: Amitav Ghosh Engelsk Paperback
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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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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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 544
ISBN-13: 9780719568978
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0719568978
Kategori: Historiske romaner
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2009
Længde: 35mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2009
Forfatter(e): Amitav Ghosh
Forfatter(e) Amitav Ghosh

Kategori Historiske romaner

ISBN-13 9780719568978

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 544

Udgave

Længde 35mm

Bredde 133mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 19 mar 2009

Oplagsdato 19 mar 2009

Forlag John Murray Press