Sea Of Poppies(pb) (Paperback)

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Sea of Poppies is a stunningly vibrant and intensely human work that confirms Amitav Ghosh s reputation as a master storyteller. At the heart of this epic saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean to the Mauritius Islands. As to the people on board, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval in the mid-nineteenth century, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed village-woman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited European orphan. As they sail down the Hooghly and into the sea, their old family ties are washed away, and they view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers, who will build whole new lives for themselves in the remote islands where they are being taken. It is the beginning of an unlikely dynasty.

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Title: Sea Of Poppies(pb)
Publisher: PENGUIN
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Edition: Paperback
ISBN:

0143066153

EAN:

9780143066156

Deliverable Countries: This product ships to India, Sri Lanka.

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    1 customers found the following review helpful Sea of Poppies - A masterpiece by the genius

    Sea of Poppies is a fiction, at the heart of which is the ship named Ibis. A mosaic of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts are aboard. The ship is to have a turbulent voyage along the Indian Ocean to the Mauritius Island. A diverse cast of Indians and Westerners have been brought together in the ship at a time when colonial disturbances were at its peak. The people aboard sail down the Hooghly into the sea and the writer correlates this journey into the sea, as a phenomenon where old family ties are washed away and the diverse range of people live as ship-brothers. The ship brothers are taken to remote islands where they are to live new lives and this is the start of an improbable dynasty. The story revolves around Deeti, an ordinary village woman, Zachary, a sailor of American Origin, Neel, an Indian Landlord and finally and an evangelist opium trader. The characters are portrayed as poppy seeds originating from the field to form the sea. Like the seed which is unsure of what is to come, they are uncertain of the future that awaits them. Deeti is saved from a customary Sati by ox man from the neighboring village. They unite later which is un-acceptable to the villagers. The American sailor on the other hand, gains utmost attention since he has been on the Ibis since long and hopes to die with it. Neel Rattan Haldar is a wealthy landlord but has sold all his property to pay off the loans due to losses incurred during the opium trade with China. Yet another character is Miss Paulette, a French lady who eventually falls in love with Zachary. The ship Ibis serves as a shelter to all the travelers aboard. But after a series of bloodshed in the vessel, a few of them escape unaware of the future that awaits them. This is certainly a true masterpiece by the much acclaimed writer. One should read it to believe his genius.

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