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Ibis Trilogy, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
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John Murray
- Paperback Apr 1, 2009 | 9780719568978 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 20, 2011 | 9781848546950 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Apr 1, 2009 | 9780719568978 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 20, 2011 | 9781848546950 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 9, 2008 | 9781848541412 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 1, 2008 | 9780719597800 | RRP $13.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Apr 1, 2009 | 9780719568978 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 20, 2011 | 9781848546950 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 9, 2008 | 9781848541412 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 1, 2008 | 9780719597800 | RRP $13.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback Apr 1, 2009 | 9780719568978 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jan 20, 2011 | 9781848546950 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 9, 2008 | 9781848541412 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 1, 2008 | 9780719597800 | RRP $13.99 Buy Now
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008: a stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh.
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 enerations.
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.
Praise for Sea of Poppies: Ibis Trilogy Book 1
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All these aspects [history, rhetoric, politics, beliefs, religion, family, love, sexuality] are exuberantly explored and celebrated in Sea of Poppies, but none more so than language - Adelaide Advertiser
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Ghosh's story-telling is variously colourful, engrossing and detailed, and at times it smack of romantic fiction and magic realism - The Canberra Times
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Set sail for an epic adventure on the high seas in this gripping tale... The acclaimed Ghosh has a gift of storytelling, and has worked his considerable magic in this first volume of his trilogy. Readers will be clamouring for the second instalment. - The Courier Mail
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This complex, sweeping, epic adventure set in 19th-century India...Sea of Poppies paints a colourful picture of life in colonial South-East Asia. - Herald Sun
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Sea of Poppies is a sprawling adventure with a cast of hundreds and numerous intricate stories encompassing poverty and riches, despair and hope, and the long-fingered reach of the opium trade. - The Economist
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh is the author of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, comprised of Sea of Poppies (short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix MA dicis A tranger, and The Glass Palace. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis. He holds two lifetime achievement awards and four honorary doctorates. In 2015, he was named as a finalist of the Man Booker International Prize. In 2018, Ghosh became the first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, and in 2024 he was awarded the Laureate Erasmus Prize. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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