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Shantaram: A Novel
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"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured."
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.
Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.
Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.
As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.
Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780312330538
ISBN: 0312330537
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 944
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: 2005-09-29
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary: Shantram
Comment: I read this book awhile ago and it's still in my mind. When I got to the last 100 pages I stopped reading because I realized that when I finished these characters would be gone and I would miss them. I decided to read it again now and I never read a book twice. I love the way the book is written and just everything about it. I guess it's my favorite book.
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Summary: Self-aggrandizing, wannabe-deep, and 900+ pages
Comment: The man obviously had some interesting life experiences, but he is obviously so very, very pleased with himself, drunk on his own word-smithery, shouting his humility from the rooftops. Every single sentence and observation is designed, less to tell a story, and more so the author can shine a spotlight on the poetry of his soul. But don't take my word for it. Here's a quote from the author's website: "In poetry, as in my prose work, I'm something of a neo-classicist. I follow a complex rhyming structure, and arrange all of my allegorical, symbolical, and metaphorical elements in accordance with an elaborately articulated artistic matrix." Great artists do not have an "elaborately articulated artistic matrix"; they just write. On just one page in this 900+-page monster, I wished he would skip the heavy-handed and self-aggrandizing "allegorical, symbolic, and metaphorical elements," and just tell a story. The moon symbolized love, the ocean symbolized love, love symbolized love... and then we ate some rancid goat meat, got high for three months, and escaped death -- again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a rare gem
Comment: Shantaram is a journey as colorful, dynamic, multidimensional, inspiring, and touching as walk through a market in Mumbai. Its pages and chapters quickly carry the reader on an adventure that covers so much contrasting ground - both in setting and emotional tone - yet somehow it all comes together seamlessly and smoothly in an exciting and well crafted symphony.
Love and life on the run serve as a kind of harmonium, a constant undertone as Roberts takes us through the Bombay beat from heartwrenching to heartpounding adventure all intertwined with silent and sensitive moments of quiet insightful reflection and revelation.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great...
Comment:
I loved this book. For a while I've been reading a lot of fluffy romance and general fiction so it was great to jump into something with a little more depth. This book really taught me a lot about India and its culture which is nice - I like books that teach you something.
This book is a little on the long side and the plot jumps up and down with about ten climaxs rather than one. I liked the first half of the book better than the second - but overall, I enjoyed it and would recommend it to others.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Imaginative Tale
Comment: I have chosen this book for my reading group. I've read it before and loved it, but I'm anxious to hear what the others think of it. It is a great read, thanks to the author's obvious familiarity with many things I don't know about. Gregory David Roberts is a gifted writer. Wonderful, effortless descriptions seem to flow out of his pen. Sometimes he can be a bit purple. However, his lack of discipline is a small price to pay for the pleasure of his stories. The book, however, is not a novel, but rather The Excellent Adventures of Gregory David Roberts. I'm a writer, myself, but I wish I had the descriptive of this man. It's a keeper!
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