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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781423373773
Format: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
ISBN: 1423373774
Label: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: October 15, 2008
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Sales Rank: 668165
Studio: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
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At the heart of this vibrant saga is an immense ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its purpose 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 together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. 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 embraces the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the crowded backstreets of Canton. But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, that makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive – a masterpiece from one of the world’s finest novelists.
"Such is the power of Ghosh's precise, understated prose that one occasionally wishes to turn the pages three at a time, eager to find out where Ghosh's tale is headed." - The Boston Globe
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- My Favorite of 2008 I hesitated to read this novel. I looked at the glossary at the back, perused the pages, recognized all sorts of foreign words, and almost judged the book too quickly, thinking it pretentious and difficult. Suffice it to say, I loved the book. The plot was gripping, the characters were compelling, complex, and familiar, and the historical detail was highly informative. As for the foreign words? They work like a delicate spice, adding a brilliant complexity to the world Ghosh creates. Besides, ... Read More
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- An Epic NovelThis is one of the most intriguing book I have ever read. Amitav has used "realistic linguistics" to describe many English words. What this means is that he used non-English local words to describe English ones. For example, Asian sea soldiers/sailors are `lascars', indentured labourers are `girmitiyas' and so on. Being an Indian, I had some advantage as many local Hindustani words are known to me. However, the author has used lot of local dialects which requires frequent trip to Chrestomathy(a section ... Read More
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- "...it was this minuscule orb--at once bountiful and all-devouring, merciful and destructive, sustaining and vengeful."In this amazingly rich work, Amitav Ghosh has created a fantastically entertaining and moving novel. He promises two more parts to complete this masterpiece, but this work alone has vaulted him into rare literary ethers. He has threaded a needle and woven together a terrific group of characters who originate from the banks of the Ganges to the cities of London and Paris to the port of Baltimore. In vivid detail, the lives of a bankrupt Raja, a widowed tribeswoman, an American "metif," a low caste giant, ... Read More
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- Exotic setting, exotic language!I like novels that illuminate history, and Sea of Poppies is set in early nineteenth century India, during the opium wars, when the only super power on earth was Great Britain. The characters include a self-righteous English robber-baron who owns a fleet of ships that take Indian opium to the unwilling addicts in China, and bring Chinese tea back to the British Isles. A brilliant native woman, Deeti, is rescued from death on a funeral pyre by the mostly taciturn but enormous Kalua. They float down ... Read More
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- Sea of PoppiesI loved Amitov Gosh's book "The Hungry Tide" but he doesn't do as well with history.
Their is nothing I liked about this book.
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