Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: River Of Smoke ISBN: 184854717X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848547179 Издательство: Hodder Цена: 5580 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A "Washington Post" Notable Fiction Book for 2011
The "Ibis," loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck-hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua. The storm also threatens the clipper ship "Anahita," groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. And the "Redruth," a nursery ship, carries Frederick "Fitcher" Penrose, a horticulturist determined to track down the priceless treasures of China that are hidden in plain sight: its plants that have the power to heal, or beautify, or intoxicate. All will converge in Canton's Fanqui-town, or Foreign Enclave: a tumultuous world unto itself where civilizations clash and sometimes fuse. It is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars. Spectacular coincidences, startling reversals of fortune, and tender love stories abound. But this is much more than an irresistible page-turner. The blind quest for money, the primacy of the drug trade, the concealment of base impulses behind the rhetoric of freedom: in "River of Smoke "the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries converge, and the result is a consuming historical novel with powerful contemporary resonance. Critics praised "Sea of Poppies "for its vibrant storytelling, antic humor, and rich narrative scope; now Amitav Ghosh continues the epic that has charmed and compelled readers all over the globe.
Автор: Ghosh, Amitav Название: Sea of poppies ISBN: 0719568978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719568978 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 8780 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2008: a stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh.
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: Glass Palace, The ISBN: 000651409X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006514091 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 7640 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The International Bestseller from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author `An absorbing story of a world in transition` JM Coetzee `A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East` The Independent
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: Hungry Tide, The ISBN: 0007141785 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007141784 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 6940 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: River of smoke ISBN: 0719568994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719568992 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 10380 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The second in the Ibis trilogy, this sweeping historical saga opens in Mauritius and follows characters both old and new as they journey by boat to China with the Opium war a constant backdrop to their travels.
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: River Of Smoke ISBN: 184854717X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848547179 Издательство: Hodder Цена: 5580 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A "Washington Post" Notable Fiction Book for 2011
The "Ibis," loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck-hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua. The storm also threatens the clipper ship "Anahita," groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. And the "Redruth," a nursery ship, carries Frederick "Fitcher" Penrose, a horticulturist determined to track down the priceless treasures of China that are hidden in plain sight: its plants that have the power to heal, or beautify, or intoxicate. All will converge in Canton's Fanqui-town, or Foreign Enclave: a tumultuous world unto itself where civilizations clash and sometimes fuse. It is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars. Spectacular coincidences, startling reversals of fortune, and tender love stories abound. But this is much more than an irresistible page-turner. The blind quest for money, the primacy of the drug trade, the concealment of base impulses behind the rhetoric of freedom: in "River of Smoke "the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries converge, and the result is a consuming historical novel with powerful contemporary resonance. Critics praised "Sea of Poppies "for its vibrant storytelling, antic humor, and rich narrative scope; now Amitav Ghosh continues the epic that has charmed and compelled readers all over the globe.
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: Sea of Poppies ISBN: 0719523435 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719523434 Издательство: Hodder Цена: 5580 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its
crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a
bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman.
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 spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of China.
But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora
encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, which makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive -- a masterpiece from one of the world's finest novelists.
Автор: Amitav Ghosh Название: Sea of poppies ISBN: 071956896X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719568961 Издательство: Hodder Рейтинг: Цена: 8780 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh, author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller The Glass Palace
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