Sea of Poppies

novel by Ghosh

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  • Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh
    In Amitav Ghosh

    With Sea of Poppies (2009)—a novel that describes individuals on the Ibis, a ship on the seas of Southeast Asia carrying indentured laborers and opium—Ghosh turned away from his earlier novels’ formal experimentation and toward a more traditional form of storytelling. Sea of Poppies is the…

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