Amitav Ghosh?

[Simon Bryquer]

I haven’t been following this thread, just caught you saying you’re hoping to read about Indian soldiers in the British Army ------------------------ well a beautifully written book ‘The Farthest Field’ by Raghu Karnad just came out on this very subject.. It’s non-fiction but written with the exquisite prose style and insight of the very best literary fiction novelist.

 

SCB

 

From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of ish mailian
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Thanks very much. I am interested in all genres, to answer a question posed, but in this query I was merely hoping for direction, suggestions. I do hope to read about Indian soldiers in the British Army, and also see how this experience is akin to the Irish. 

 

Reading Ireland and Postcolonial Theory with Afterword by Edward Said, Edited by Carroll and Patricia King. Many parallels of the Irish and Indians are presented in the essays and Ghosh is cited several times. 

 

I've been reading a bit more from India and Indians in in the Americas and how the Irish, Irish in the Americas experience may be compared and/or contrasted. I am also interested in Latin American Literature, especially, of course, Literature from Brasil. 

 

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com <mailto:bekker2 at icloud.com> > wrote:


> On Dec 29, 2015, at 6:33 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com <mailto:ishmailian at gmail.com> > wrote:
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> want to read one novel. any suggestions?

Amitov Ghosh has written several goodies of historical fiction,  but The Ibis Trilogy, is far and away the best.  I’d say go ahead and read book 1, Sea of Poppies, and see what you think.  It’s  "about” the set-up for the 1st Opium War in the Calcutta- River Ganges and there’s a chunk which takes place on an island in the Indian Ocean.  This one was short-listed for the Booker Prize.  Book 2, River of Smoke - keeps the story going into the Opium War,  is almost as good - but I kind of fell down on book 3,  Flood of Fire, which develops the war itself,  because a several years had passed between readings and the story continues.  But all three have won their own awards and lots and lots of excellent reviews.

Bek

 

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