Read more
Zusatztext 'Ripping post-colonial yarn ... Ghosh spins a fine story with a quite irresistible flow! breathing exuberant life ... an absorbing vision' Informationen zum Autor Amitav Ghosh is the author of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, comprised of Sea of Poppies (short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke , and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason , which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and The Glass Palace . He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis . He holds two lifetime achievement awards and four honorary doctorates. In 2015, he was named as a finalist of the Man Booker International Prize. In 2018, Ghosh became the first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, and in 2024 he was awarded the Laureate Erasmus Prize. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Klappentext The sequel to the Man Booker shortlisted "Sea Of Poppies"! opening a fascinating historical window on the opium wars and the shocking colonial exploits in the East. 'Any good historical novel should teach the reader some history as well as sweeping him or her along with the unfolding narrative. Few do this as well as Amitav Ghosh. A book whose conclusion again left me panting for the next volume in this trilogy' "Financial Times" The sequel to the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted, Sea of Poppies. Zusammenfassung The sequel to the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted, Sea of Poppies.
