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Narcissistic, sophomoric, and tedious. I wanted to know more about Lin's life and just keep hearing about his insights and about India and whatever he wanted to talk about. This book is a semi-autobiographical story of a man who escapes prison in Australia and escapes to Bombay and lives there for many years. . The blurb says it is based on the life of the author, but is also part fiction. "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." I hated it. Should I persevere? I hated it. A painful waste of time.
. ye gods), and repeatedly found myself saying, "No, actually", at Roberts' increasingly idiotic turns of simile and metaphor even outside that context. As Prabu and Lin continue their adventures, the latter finds himself living in the city's slums and opens a medical clinic to cater to the poorest population, where Lin becomes involved with the shady underworld and black market living. It made him sound like a racist Disney character or like the golum from LOTR) to the cool and smooth Iranian gangster (if you like ridiculous Bollywood movies, this is the book for you!) I quite literally had to stop reading from embarassment at the sex scenes ("my body was her chariot and she rode me into the sun"? First we must regret, then forgive. Forgiveness is a beacon in the blackness.” ―Dayton Daily News “ Shantaram is loads of colorful fun, [it] rises to something grand in its evocations of the pungent chaos of Bombay. Summary : 'A literary masterpiece . If you love reading as much as our colleagues, then your summer fun itinerary will most likely include books. Shaantaakaaram Bhujagashayanam is a very powerful prayer to Lord Vishnu, the supreme god of Vaishnavism and one of the three supreme deities - In Sanskrit with meaning.
But it takes all types to make a world I suppose and it may not be to everyone’s taste.
Though there is room in the world for large stories largely told, Gregory David Roberts' self-aggrandazing pseudo-autobiography teems with ludicrously bad prose, characters so flat I'd like to use them to keep water off my bathroom floor, dimwitted philosophy, and self-love.
His book is a blend of vivid dialogue, unforgettable characters, amazing adventures, and superb evocations of Indian life. ‘Shantaram’ is about the life of an escaped Australian convict with the alias ‘Lin’ who comes to India in order to evade his torturous fate in the prison. The potency of Shantaram is the joy of forgiveness. Among Shantaram’s prominent creations in Hindi are Ayodhya Ka Raja (1932), Sairandhari (1933; India’s first colour film), Amrit Manthan (1934), Duniya Na Maane (1937), Aadmi (1939), Padosi (1941), Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Dahej (1950), Janak Janak Pyal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Sehra (1963), Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964) and Pinjra (1972). The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. I think a very similar book in intensity is "I Am Pilgrim" by Terry Hayes which is fiction unlike Shantaram. Summary : "A publishing phenomenon" Sunday Times 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. I particularly found Lin's trust and god-like admiration of Khader, his mafia boss and father figure, too simplistic and naive. 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. Returning to read Gregory David Roberts' epic novel again, I found myself drawn to the complexities and nuances embedded throughout the text.
In 1978 Roberts was sentenced to nineteen years imprisonment as punishment for a series of robberies of building-society branches, credit unions, and shops he had committed while addicted to heroin.
In typical fashion, the white guy is the hero of nearly every scene. Book Review: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Are there books like ‘Maximum City’ or ‘Shantaram’ that describe New York or Boston, Goodreads Staffers Share Their Summer Reading Picks. 600 pages into it, I had to set myself free by throwing it in the toilet.
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