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Loading... Shantaram (2003)by Gregory David Roberts
This novel is gripping, authentic, and well worth reading. Sometimes the story just seems too improbably heroic. But it is so detailed, so vividly descriptive that it reads like something you’ve lived yourself. More than a record of one man’s exploits, it’s a love song to the city of Bombay. (  ) astrologerjenny | Apr 25, 2013 |  Possibly the only book that won me over through the author bio alone, the fact and fiction of this book was so utterly enthralling I soon lost any interest in separating those two threads. Poetic, romantic, and with a well written arc that illudes most creative non-fiction, SHANTARAM is a book I think about often. (  ) Capnrandm | Apr 15, 2013 | a bit flowery but how else can you describe angst and the search for meaning in a way that doesn't sound a little whiny; a favorite flowery line, from memory so likely not entirely correct: 'prison is the church where devils go to prey'; what a life he describes!, a prod to experience & explore & take risks & interact with everyone & give yourself freely to all emotions that sweep you along instead of following a safe schedule; not a book that would appeal to everyone but I have to admit, it got to me Wow, when I started reading this there were less than 10 reviews on goodreads; now there are 594. Word is spreading. Plus the fact that it's Johnny Depp's new project gives it some good publicity. ( ) EhEh | Apr 3, 2013 | After the 1st 400 pages, it was hard to sustain interest, and I speed read the remainder. Protagonist lived lots of different days, but essentially faced variations of the same stuff over and over. The main storyline could have been more effectively told in less than half the 944 pages. (  ) alexandriaginni | Apr 3, 2013 | Like Marmite, or Vegemite - another Australian export - you either loved this book or hated it. I hated it. I really, really hated it. It was a waste of my life enduring five chapters of this egotistical drivel by someone who thought their life was 933-pages worth of importance. He was an escaped convict from an Australian prison and I bet his fellow prisoners and warders must have sighed with relief to no longer be victims of this self-righteous man's endless burble of cod-philosophy, 'deep' insights into other people, and general, overweening self-love. Of course, if you are in the majority of the raters of this book, you wouldn't agree with this review at all. And that is why I stuck at it for so long. I kept thinking all those readers, those bright and entertaining reviewers out there, must be able to see something I can't. But whatever it was, it eluded me and so, with a huge sigh of relief, this book gets sent on to the Animal Shelter. There it will be either sold in the monthly book sale or ripped up and used for bedding or kitty-lit. Either way it will benefit them more than me. 933 pages is a heavy book, and I do feel the benefit now it's lifted. (  ) Petra.Xs | Apr 2, 2013 |
 The book is full of vibrant characters. 'Shantaram': Bombay or Bust En gedigen lesefest. Dersom du syntes Papillon var bra, vil du elske «Shantaram», en røverhistorie som makter å gjøre de sjelelige prosesser hovedpersonen gjennomgår, til en integrert del av helheten. Vanvittig røverhistorie. Rått, vakkert og røverromanaktig om livet og døden i Bombay.
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