Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories/ Amitav Ghosh

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Ghosh, Amitav [author.]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 397 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781529349252

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DDC classification:

338.473 0951 GHO

Summary: "When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Buru Buru Library	338.4730951 GHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B228349

"When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once

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Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories/ Amitav Ghosh