"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 f...
"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.
格里高利·大卫·罗伯兹（Gregory David Roberts），出生于澳大利亚墨尔本，他的“真实经历”比任何小说都更具传奇色彩，从学生时代就是个激进的运动分子，活跃于各种反战、反法西斯、反政府组织，深信自己可以改变世界。优异的天赋，使他成为大学中最年轻的哲学和文学讲师，却在25岁婚姻破裂，失去妻子，更失去5岁爱女的监护权。他选择用海洛因来填补生命中乍然到来的空洞，从一个理想主义者堕落为毒虫。
格里高利·大卫·罗伯兹（Gregory David Roberts），出生于澳大利亚墨尔本，他的“真实经历”比任何小说都更具传奇色彩，从学生时代就是个激进的运动分子，活跃于各种反战、反法西斯、反政府组织，深信自己可以改变世界。优异的天赋，使他成为大学中最年轻的哲学和文学讲师，却在25岁婚姻破裂，失去妻子，更失去5岁爱女的监护权。他选择用海洛因来填补生命中乍然到来的空洞，从一个理想主义者堕落为毒虫。
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0 有用 Confidence. 2019-01-15 17:08:05
"We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive." An adventure of forgiveness, love and heart. A soul-saving masterpiece.
0 有用 Sierra 2013-01-16 22:05:35
一本我认为有史以来最好的自传小说，没有之一。
0 有用 庙 2017-02-07 01:03:39
特別煩女主角自以爲深邃傷感的對白，完全失去耐心
0 有用 饭圈老油条 2013-07-18 09:05:03
像狗一样啃完了一块超级大骨头，13爷推荐的果然优秀，不管是情节还是内涵都是高水准，最重要的是纠正了多年来被环球时报扭曲的印度观，可喜可贺！PS虽然我喜欢Lisa 那样的姑娘但是还是要承认自己淡淡的Karla风。。。。
2 有用 zigreal 2010-12-24 01:47:49
一本能够改变生命价值和生活态度的神奇的小说。