And the Ibis, which will become a rowdy and imposing vessel as this novel gets under way, transports both drugs and outcasts to far-flung corners of the world.Īnd although none of these people know it, their ship appears to be headed toward the fight that will be central to Mr.
Poppy farming is considered a perfectly legitimate line of agricultural work, especially by the businessmen who find it so profitable. It is 1838, a pivotal year in the annals of the opium trade, when Mr. Ghosh turns the ship into something robustly, bawdily and indelibly real.ĭeeti’s family is one of many that supply produce to a British-run opium factory in Ghazipur in colonial India. But during the course of this novel, the first installment in his projected Ibis trilogy, Mr. The ship is named the Ibis, and at first it seems a pipe dream, a figment of Deeti’s imagination.
The crop, the livelihood of a woman named Deeti and her neighbors, is opium poppies. OL22213563W Page_number_confidence 96.28 Pages 486 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201119210719 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 428 Scandate 20201118072440 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780719568961 Tts_version 4.At the start of “Sea of Poppies,” Amitav Ghosh presents two indelible visions: a tall-masted ship 400 miles from the Indian coast and a voluptuous agricultural crop, a profusion of flowers capable of warping the world. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:10:16 Boxid IA1999511 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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