Description
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.
| EAN: | 9780719568978 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 16.04.2009 |
| Produktform: | Kartoniert |
| Autoren: | Ghosh, Amitav |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 533 |
| Keyword: | Naval History; Colonial History; Sea battles; Adventure; China; Indian Ocean; Opium Wars; Epic Saga; Trilogy; Booker Prize |
| Fachschema: | China / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Historischer Roman~Historische Fantasy, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik |
| Region: | China |
| Imprint-Titels: | John Murray Press |
| Verlag: | Hodder And Stoughton Ltd. |
| Länge: | 196 mm |
| Breite: | 127 mm |
| Höhe: | 36 mm |
| Gewicht: | 378 gr |
| Genre: | Importe |