Finalist of the Man Booker International Prize 2015
Shortlisted for The Economist Crossword Book Award and the Man Asian Literary Award 2011
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008
Sweeping across the currents of the Indian Ocean, onboard a vast ship Ibis, unfolds an epic saga about the Opium Wars between China and Britain. Bringing alive India’s vexed colonial past, this thrilling historical adventure journeys from the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the crowded waterways of nineteenth-century Canton to the blazing war fields of China. Enriched with breathtaking detail, an orchestra of pidgin words and a panorama of characters, the Ibis Trilogy is a triumph of literature.
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Jun/2019
ISBN: 9780143427568
Length : 1728 Pages
MRP : ₹1399.00
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