Amitav Ghosh's epic novel tells the stories of a disparate group of seafarers aboard a former slave ship that has been retrofitted for the opium... Caste, Colonialism And A 'Sea Of Poppies' At its ...
You might glibly describe Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies, already long-listed for the Booker Prize, as Moby Dick with a little Treasure Island thrown in. A motley crew of ship hands, migrants, and ...
Imagine if Charles Dickens had signed on for a berth on the Pequod. We get some of that fusion to great effect in Amitav Ghosh's sprawling and rather wonderful new historical novel "Sea of Poppies." ...
Sea of Poppies, a trilogy begins! Few know that the opium that fueled the Opium Wars was grown and processed in India. Ghosh locates the heart of a pernicious global network — drugs, slavery, ...
Amitav Ghosh is a globally renowned novelist, essayist and intellectual, whose work transcends cultures, history and disciplines. His narratives and style of storytelling include rigorous research and ...
Amitav Ghosh, raised in Calcutta, educated in India, Egypt and England, now a resident of his homeland and Brooklyn, has long been inclined toward sweeping, panoramic novels such as “The Glass Palace” ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - More than 20 years after writing his first novel, Indian writer Amitav Ghosh is still drawing on his favorite subjects of history and anthropology to weave his stories. His ...
Born in Calcutta, and raised between India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Amitav Ghosh has published several works of fiction as well as non-fiction and was honored with a lifetime achievement award at ...