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River of Smoke. Sea of Poppies (2008) is a novel by Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2008. [1] It is the first volume of the Ibis trilogy. In the words of Rajnish Mishra, "the Ibis trilogy is Ghosh's most vehement indictment of the source of imperialism and colonialism." [2] The second volume is ...
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May 1, 2008 · His most recent novel, Sea of Poppies, is the first volume of the Ibis Trilogy. Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied in Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Alexandria and Oxford and his first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned a doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel, which was published in 1986.
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Nov 28, 2008 · Sea of Poppies. The New York Times – Sunday Book Review By GAIUTRA BAHADUR Published: November 28, 2008. In 1883, the British government sent the accomplished linguist Sir George Grierson to look into alleged abuses in the recruitment of indentured servants from India (known as “coolies”) who ended up on ships bound for British plantations throughout the world.
Nov 28, 2008 · In his ambitious new novel, “Sea of Poppies,” a finalist for this year’s Man Booker Prize, Amitav Ghosh attempts to fill in the blanks left by the archives. Set partly in Bengal, the scene ...
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Nov 5, 2008 · 515 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $26. The Books of The Times review on Nov. 6, about the novel “Sea of Poppies,” by Amitav Ghosh, misidentified the point at which the character Paulette ...
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Apr 24, 2015 · Sea of Poppies. Amitav Ghosh. Penguin Books Limited, Apr 24, 2015 - Fiction - 528 pages. A motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts is sailing down the Hooghly aboard the Ibis on its way to Mauritius. As they journey across the Indian Ocean old family ties are washed away, and they begin to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ...
