CHARACTERIZATION IN AMITAV GHOSH’S NOVEL, ‘SEA OF POPPIES’

Vivekanand Jha

No 2017-24-07, Working papers from Voice of Research

Abstract: Amitabh Ghosh’s ambitious novel, ‘Sea of Poppies’ is an inaugural volume of his planned Ibis trilogy. The two other novels of this trilogy are River of Smoke (2011) and Flood of Fire (2015). The novel, ‘Sea of Poppies’ is set in India in 1838, on the eve of the Anglo-Chinese opium wars of 1839-43 and 1846-60. It is an apt and concrete commentary on how colonialism damaged and divided Indian society. It paints a poignant portrait of the human devastation and decadence caused by imperialism. To his own confession, it took four years to write Sea of Poppies. The novel was also shortlisted for Britain’s Man Booker Prize. Key Words:characterization, amitav, amitav ghosh, sea of poppies, poppies Policy

Date: 2017-12
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