Маковое море

Pervyĭ tom ėpicheskoĭ sagi-trilogii, v t͡sentre kotoroĭ spletenie istoriĭ samykh raznykh li͡udeĭ. Vsekh ikh sudʹba svedët na shkhune "Ibis", na kotoroĭ oni otpravi͡atsi͡a v nevedomui͡u zhiznʹ. Obankrotivshiĭsi͡a i poteri͡avshiĭ vse, vkli͡uchai͡a chestʹ, indiĭskiĭ radzha; i͡unai͡a i bezzabotnai͡a frant͡suzhenka-sirota; sbezhavshai͡a ot obri͡ada sozhzhenii͡a indiĭskai͡a vdova; matros-amerikanet͡s, neozhidanno dli͡a sebi͡a stavshiĭ pomoshchnikom kapitana; apologet novoĭ religii... Vsem im predstoit proĭti cherez prikli͡uchenii͡a, polnye opasnosteĭ, ispytaniĭ i potri͡aseniĭ, prezhde chem oni reshatsi͡a podni͡atʹsi͡a na bort "Ibisa". Pozadi ostanutsi͡a makovye plantat͡sii, opasnye ulit͡sy Kalʹkutty, bogatstvo, vlastʹ, unizhenii͡a, semʹi. Vsekh ikh manit svoboda ot prezhnikh uz, ti͡agot i neschastiĭ. V "Makovom more" paradoksalʹnym obrazom sochetai͡utsi͡a uvlekatelʹnostʹ "Odissei kapitana Blada" Rafaėli͡a Sabatini, mudrostʹ i glubina "Rassechenii͡a Stouna" Abrakhama Vergeze i panoramnostʹ serʹëznykh istoricheskikh romanov.

The first volume of the epic saga-trilogy, in the center of which is a tangle of stories of a variety of people. Their fate will bring them all together on the schooner "Ibis", on which they will go to an unknown life. An Indian rajah who went bankrupt and lost everything, including honor; a young and carefree French orphan; an Indian widow who escaped from the burning ceremony; an American sailor who unexpectedly became an assistant captain; an apologist for a new religion... All of them will have to go through adventures full of dangers, trials and shocks before they decide to board the Ibis. Poppy plantations, dangerous streets of Calcutta, wealth, power, humiliation, families will be left behind. All of them are attracted by freedom from former ties, hardships and misfortunes. The "Poppy Sea" paradoxically combines the fascination of the "Odyssey of Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini, the wisdom and depth of the "Dissection of Stone" by Abraham Verghese and the panoramicity of serious historical novels.