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Sea of Poppies : A Novel by Amitav Ghosh (2008, PB) SIGNED
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- Signed
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780312428594
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312428596
ISBN-13
9780312428594
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72409862
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sea of Poppies : a Novel
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Literary, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
The Ibis Trilogy Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-017301
Reviews
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."-- The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."-- The Washington Post "Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown."-- USA Today "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."-- The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."-- Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."-- Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."-- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)" Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."-- Chicago Sun-Times, A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."-- The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."-- The Washington Post "Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown."-- USA Today "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."-- The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."-- Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."-- Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."-- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) " Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."-- Chicago Sun-Times, Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination., A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted., Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown., "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted." -- The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life." -- The Washington Post "Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown." -- USA Today "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination." -- The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight." -- Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott." -- Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing." -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) " Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft." -- Chicago Sun-Times, Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing., "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."--The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."--The Washington Post"Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."--The New Yorker"Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."--Miami Herald"A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."--Vogue"Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . .Sea of Poppiesis marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."--The Plain Dealer(Cleveland)"Sea of Poppiesis a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."--Chicago Sun-Times, A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."-- The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."-- The Washington Post "Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown."-- USA Today "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."-- The New Yorker "Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."-- Miami Herald "A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."-- Vogue "Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . . Sea of Poppies is marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."-- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) " Sea of Poppies is a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."-- Chicago Sun-Times, ASan Francisco ChronicleBest Book of the Year AChicagoTribuneBest Book of the Year AWashingtonPostBest Book of the Year AnEconomistBest Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize "A wonderful book, a large ambitious novel in which extraordinary people come to life and vibrant, exotic places are memorably depicted."--The Rocky Mountain News "A delight . . . [Ghosh's] descriptions bring a lost world to life."--The Washington Post"Brilliant...By the book's stormy and precarious ending, most readers will clutch it like the ship's rail awaiting, just like Ghosh's characters, the rest of the voyage to a destination unknown."--USAToday "Ghosh's best and most ambitious work yet. . . . Ghosh writes with impeccable control, and with a vivid and sometimes surprising imagination."--The New Yorker"Ghosh, on behalf of history, is unforgiving, but his novel is also a delight."--Miami Herald"A storm tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott."--Vogue"Amitav Ghosh's new novel speaks in tongues, marvelously capturing the polyglot nature of its characters. . . .Sea of Poppiesis marvelous, its range and authority astonishing."--The Plain Dealer(Cleveland)"Sea of Poppiesis a veritable cauldron of energy intermingling with craft."--Chicago Sun-Times
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Synopsis
The first in an epic trilogy, Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" ( The Observer [London]). At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis . Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, 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. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppies is "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" ( Vogue )., The first in an epic trilogy, Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" ( The Observer London]). At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis . Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, 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. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppies is "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" ( Vogue ).
LC Classification Number
PR9499.3.G536S43
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- _***k (245)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAbsolutely a great purchase experience. Excellent quality item in condition as described or better. An excellent value. Also, fast shipping, and very well-packaged. Communicative and courteous seller. Couldn’t be happier!!
- 7***a (662)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe seller was very responsive, friendly and helpful. The overseas delivery went very smoothly and the book was beautifully packed. The item was exactly as described and I am very pleased with it. Thanks very much to an excellent trustworthy seller.Dragonflies by Philip Corbet (HC, 1960) (#306039537754)
- e***n (1180)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe only dealer who was able to confirm that a CD included in the book was still present. Copy in near mint condition and packed well ( not thrown into a flimsy bubble bag). Very positive transaction!