The story of a man who escapes from a maximum security facility in Australia and arrives in Bombay, crossroads of the underworld, where he works in an aid station and smuggles drugs and guns.
Shantaram Series
This epic saga follows the journey of a man who escaped Australian prison and lost himself in the vibrant streets of Bombay. The narrative weaves a compelling tapestry of adventure, friendship, and the search for identity amidst an exotic landscape. Immerse yourself in a story filled with twists and turns, where the personal struggle for survival intertwines with understanding the complexities of Indian life.
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Шантарам
- 864 pages
- 31 hours of reading
Эта преломленная в художественной форме исповедь человека, который сумел выбраться из бездны и уцелеть, протаранила все списки бестселлеров и заслужила восторженные сравнения с произведениями лучших писателей нового времени, от Мелвилла до Хемингуэя
Shantaram
- 1177 pages
- 42 hours of reading
Nel 1978, il giovane studente di filosofia e attivista politico Greg Roberts viene condannato a 19 anni di prigione per una serie di rapine a mano armata. È diventato eroinomane dopo la separazione dalla moglie e la morte della loro bambina. Ma gli anni che seguono vedranno Greg scappare da una prigione di massima sicurezza, vagare per anni per l'Australia come ricercato, vivere in nove paesi differenti, attraversarne quaranta, fare rapine, allestire a Bombay un ospedale per indigenti, recitare nei film di Bollywood, stringere relazioni con la mafia indiana, partire per due guerre, in Afghanistan e in Pakistan, tra le fila dei combattenti islamici, tornare in Australia a scontare la sua pena. E raccontare la sua vita in un romanzo epico di più di mille pagine.
The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay's improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness. And I rode, with my friends, into the end of everything.Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons, playing by a different set of rules.It has been two years since the events in Shantaram, and since Lin lost two people he had come to love: his father figure, Khaderbhai, and his soul mate, Karla, married to a handsome Indian media tycoon. Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much, too soon. Many of his old friends are long gone, the new mafia leadership has become entangled in increasingly violent and dangerous intrigues, and a fabled holy man challenges everything that Lin thought he'd learned about love and life. But Lin can't leave the Island City: Karla, and a fatal promise, won't let him go.