{"product_id":"sea-of-poppies-ibis-trilogy-book-1","title":"Sea of Poppies: Ibis Trilogy Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eA Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eA Washington Post Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eAn Economist Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eA New York Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eA Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 freespirited 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, the exotic 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/amitav-ghosh-books\"\u003eAmitav Ghosh\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780719568961\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47913434480817,"sku":"SB-071956896X-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/071956896X.jpg?v=1789151704","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/sea-of-poppies-ibis-trilogy-book-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}