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Shantaram
Amazon.de Preis: EUR 10,10 Preisänderungen möglich.
Verfügbarkeit: Gewöhnlich versandfertig bei Amazon in 24 Stunden
Bindung: Taschenbuch
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 823.92
EAN: 9780312330538
Ausgabe: Reprint
ISBN: 0312330537
Label: St. Martin's Press
Hersteller: St. Martin's Press
Anzahl Seiten: 944
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005-11
Herausgeber: St. Martin's Press
Studio: St. Martin's Press
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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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Bin etwas enttäuscht von Shantaram,vor allem nach all den guten Kundenrezensionen hab ich etwas völlig anderes erwartet.Ich kämpfe mich durch die Seiten, in der Hoffnung,dass es endlich etwas spannender wird.Was mich vor allem stört ist,dass alle immer zugedröhnt sind, sei es mit Hasch oder Alkohol. Das einzige was mir bisher gefallen hat ist die Reise und der Aufenthalt in Prabakers Dorf.Noch gebe ich nicht auf und kämpfe mich weiter durch dieses Buch, vielleicht kommt ja noch die Wende
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Shantaram is one of that kind of books that calls for a rainy or foggy November day, for a cosy chair and a good, steaming Indian Darjeeling cup of tea.
It is a strong and satisfying novel, with a taste that lingers the memory.
I love it very much because of the first-person narrative and of a wonderful, admirable writing style as well.
After escaping from an Australian most inhuman prison in the early 80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict was using the name Lindsay Ford from a false New Zealand passport for smuggling himself to India to go underground in the slum of Bombay (Mumbai). Since he escaped, he flew across the world because he was the most wanted man of his country.
Here he tells his story about his first trip to India. Living in the land where heart is the king, left everything behind, he was just running on instinct and pushing his luck. Accordingly to his experiences the simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that, when you go there and you deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. It was one of his best decisions of his life as he trusted the Indian fellow on sight and he got the chance to know and to love him as friend.
The luck led him to know a mysterious but beautiful woman, he has ever seen, green-eyed Karla Saaranen, on his very first day on the street of Bombay. She was reasonably good at being a friend, but at being an enemy also. In his opinion ... weiter
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Toller, sehr gut zu lesender Roman!Lustig, gut geschrieben, farbenreich. Wer in Indien war, wird vieles verstehen und nachvollziehen können. Für Freunde von Schmökern, die nicht allzu tief gehen und einfach aber extrem fesselnd zu lesen sind, ist dieses genau und exakt das Richtige.LESEN!
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Ich konnte das Buch für volle vier Tage nicht aus den Händen legen. Ich las immer und überall, während dem Essen, auf dem Klo, auf dem Weg zum Klo, auf dem Rückweg vom Klo. Und schliesslich mit einer Stirnlampe in der Hängematte. Das Buch nimmt einem mit auf eine Reise mit David Roberts, die durch ein Indien führt wie ich es noch nie beschrieben bekommen habe. Die Geschichte geht vorwärts wie ein Güterzug. Seite für Seite etwas Neues, Aufregendes, Spannendes. Die Sprache ist gut verständlich und wunderschön geschrieben. Ich schliesse mich meinen Vorrednern nicht an, die die Philosophie zum Teil als "cheesy" beschreiben. Ich war vielmehr beeindruckt vom Autor, diesem unglaublichen Typen, der Dinge erlebt und so wunderbar beschreibt, die weit weit über übliche "Reiseerfahrungen" hinweg reichen.
Das Buch hat mich zum Lachen gebracht und mich zu Tränen gerührt. Es war keine Seite (!) langweilig. Im Gegenteil. Fesseln, spannend, intensiv, fordernd. Das Ende, wie viele Abschnitte zuvor, musste ich gleich mehrmals lesen...Gänsehaut!
Habe das Buch bereits x-mal verschenkt - uneingeschränkter Lesetip!
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This is a fascinating book which I could not leave alone - I had to read it and was intrigued about what would come after the next corner. And the next...
A completely new perspective of the Bombay slum and of the social networks. Plus, the bittersweet love story. It is well written and bears the touch of reality.
Absolutely worthy entertainment. I would be very much interested to learn how he was captured finally and what he is doing now.
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