River of smoke, Amitav Ghosh

Автор: Amitav Ghosh
Название: River Of Smoke
ISBN: 184854717X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848547179
Издательство: Hodder
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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
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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
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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: Ghosh, Amitav
Название: The Glass Palace
ISBN: 0375758771 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375758775
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this wonderful novel by the writer Chitra Divakaruni calls a master storyteller. "

Автор: Ghosh Amitav
Название: River of Smoke
ISBN: 0719568897 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719568893
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Описание: The sequel to the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted, Sea of Poppies.

Автор: Amitav Ghosh
Название: Sea of poppies
ISBN: 071956896X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719568961
Издательство: Hodder
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Описание: A stunningly vibrant novel from Amitav Ghosh, author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller The Glass Palace