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It is a beautiful novel in its own right, and a compelling conclusion to an epic and sweeping story it is nothing short of a masterpiece. Amitav ghosh is the internationally bestselling author of sea of poppies shortlisted for the man booker prize and river of smoke, the first two novels in the ibis trilogy, of which flood of fire is the final installment. Ibis trilogy book 3 ibis trilogy series by amitav ghosh. This book was special because i had the privilege of meeting and getting an autographed copy from amitav ghosh the flood of fire is a 600 page epic. Flood of fire is not just a work of literary imagination but also an exercise in deep and original historical reflection chris clark, author of sleepwalkers for the past weeks, amitav ghosh has been holed up in his goa home, putting the finishing touches to flood of fire, the third part of his epic ibis trilogy. The book was first published by the english publisher john murray, and later by farrar, straus and giroux in the united states.
Amitav ghosh, flood of fire straus and giroux 2015 when we set up a street library out the front of our house, we intended it as a way to send books from our shelves to good homes. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Many of the characters will be familiar to readers of the previous two volumes of ghoshs ibis trilogy. In 2008, amitav ghosh published sea of poppies, the first of a trilogy of sprawling, riveting novels that dealt with the opium trade between india and china in the 19th century. Much like the ambitious speculators who appear so often in his ibis trilogy, amitav ghosh or the narrator who answers to his name resumes operations in flood of fire, the final book, having sunk all his narrative capital into a consignment that must now be carefully steered into a safe harbour.
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