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Crime and punishment, passion and loyalty, betrayal and redemption are only a few of the ingredients in Shantaram, a massive, over-the-top, mostly autobiographical novel. Shantaram is the name given Mr. Lindsay, or Linbaba, the larger-than-life hero. It means "man of God's peace," which is what the Indian people know of Lin. What they do not know is that prior to his arrival in Bombay he escaped from an Australian prison where he had begun serving a 19-year sentence. He served two years and leaped over the wall. He was imprisoned for a string of armed robberies peformed to support his heroin addiction, which started when his marriage fell apart and he lost custody of his daughter. All of that is enough for several lifetimes, but for Greg Roberts, that's only the beginning.
He arrives in Bombay with little money, an assumed name, false papers, an untellable past, and no plans for the future. Fortunately, he meets Prabaker right away, a sweet, smiling man who is a street guide. He takes to Lin immediately, eventually introducing him to his home village, where they end up living for six months. When they return to Bombay, they take up residence in a sprawling illegal slum of 25,000 people and Linbaba becomes the resident "doctor." With a prison knowledge of first aid and whatever medicines he can cadge from doing trades with the local Mafia, he sets up a practice and is regarded as heaven-sent by these poor people who have nothing but illness, rat bites, dysentery, and anemia. He also meets Karla, an enigmatic Swiss-American woman, with whom he falls in love. Theirs is a complicated relationship, and Karla’s connections are murky from the outset.
Roberts is not reluctant to wax poetic; in fact, some of his prose is downright embarrassing. Throughought the novel, however, all 944 pages of it, every single sentence rings true. He is a tough guy with a tender heart, one capable of what is judged criminal behavior, but a basically decent, intelligent man who would never intentionally hurt anyone, especially anyone he knew. He is a magnet for trouble, a soldier of fortune, a picaresque hero: the rascal who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. His story is irresistible. Stay tuned for the prequel and the sequel. --Valerie Ryan
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destin hors du commun
Une histoire faite de mille vies pour un seul homme. Un livre qui fait aussi découvrir un pays, des rencontres, des aventures, la guerre, tous les sentiments possibles et inimaginables. Littéralementgénial. A dévorer...
Extraordinaire- unputdownable
Un des meilleurs livres que j'ai lus, et j'en ai lus... Si vous lisez l'anglais, c'est une experience extraordinaire. Des emotions a chaque page, a n'en plus finir! c'est comme une drogue: on est tellement high quand on lit Shantaram qu'on a pas envie que ca s'arrete! Donc a la fin on regrette presque que le livre ne fasse que 933 pages!
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L'Inde vue vécue et ressentie par un Australien : une sensibilité des descriptions étonnantes de réalisme, d'émotion et de justesse
+ la vie incroyable de ce "hors la loi"
dépaysant, philosophique, amusant, terrifiant lisez le !
Un livre fabuleux
Un chef d'oeuvre de littérature qui raconte la vie extraordinaire d'un australien qui, criminel, a fait de la prison, s'en échappe et s'enfuit en Inde, à Bombay. Il nous raconte sa vie qui est passionnante. A lire absolument pour vous dépayser, voyager, vivre une aventure... Quand on le commence on ne le ferme plus.
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