Kirjahaku

"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 forIndia at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

Having escaped an Australian maximum security prison, a disillusioned man loses himself in the slums of Bombay, where he works for a drug mafia kingpin, smuggles arms for a crime lord, forges bonds with fellow exiles, and finds love with an elusive woman. A first novel. Reprint.

"A literary masterpiece ... it has the grit and pace of a thriller" Daily Telegraph This debut novel is based on the author's dramatic and extraordinary true story of life on the run in the Bombay underworld. "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 forIndia at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

An epic thriller, a love story and a philosophical quest - the brilliant sequel to international bestseller SHANTARAM

The author of the international bestseller Shantaram takes us on a gripping personal journey of wonder and insight into science, belief, faith and devotion. Drawing on sacred traditions, rigorous logic and the six-year instruction of his spiritual teacher, Roberts describes the step-by-step process he followed in search of spiritual connection - a process that anyone, of any belief or none, can benefit from in their own lives. This gripping personal account of the 'Leap Of Faith' is a compellingly fresh addition to such enduring, spiritually inspiring works as Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Road Less Travelled and The Celestine Prophecy. As Roberts writes, 'The Spiritual Path is a book on spiritual matters that my younger self wanted desperately: one that offers more answers than questions, and helps to reset the spiritual compass.'

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.

Language German

Tämä on eräs tämän vuosisadan hämmästyttävimmistä romaaneista. Romaani on oman elämänsä muuttavan ihmisen saarna, lakimiehistä piilotetun miehen kertomus. Kirja kertoo päähenkilön värikkäästä elämästä: vanhemman oikeuksia hävittänyt, mies jäi koukkuun huumeista, teki ryöstöjä, joutui vankilaan ja pakeni sieltä. Pääsi Intiaan, jossa hänestä tuli salakuljettaja ja rahanvääristäjä, aseen myyjä sekä mafian salajoukkojenjäsen, löysi rakkautensa ja hävitti sen. Ihminen, joka ei pitäisi Shantaramista on joko sydämetön tai kuollut, ehkä molemmatkin.

Fjellets skygge er oppfølgeren til Shantaram og begynner i Bombay to år etter begivenhetene som beskrives i Shantaram. Lin har omsider funnet roen og kjærligheten, men oppsøkes av en venn som befinner seg i fare. Han kommer vennen til unnsetning og setter alt han har bygget opp, på spill. Og dermed er leserne av Shantaram tilbake der de ønsker å være - fastholdt i Gregory Davids Roberts' magiske fortellergrep. Fjellets skygge er en storslagen fortelling om jakten på identitet i en omskiftelig verden av brutalitet, kulturforskjeller og hjemløshet. Det er en altoppslukende roman som spenner fra røver- og gangsterhistorie til kjærlighetsroman og skjebnedrama. Livsklokt og sterkt vanedannende!

Røverfortelling, skjebnedrama, gangsterhistorie og kjærlighetsroman - Shantaram har det alt sammen, og er en eksistensiell tour de force av den helt sjeldne sorten. Hovedpersonen og fortelleren Lin, er på rømmen fra en langtidsdom, og søker tilflukt i Bombays slumstrøk, der han oppretter en improvisert praksis som doktor for 25.000 slumbeboere. En takknemlighetsgjeld til byens ubestridte mafiaboss kaster ham siden ut i et nytt liv som Bombay-mafiaens våpenpusher, smugler og falskner, geriljakriger i Afghanistan... Romanen tar utgangspunkt i forfatterens egen historie, og er blant mye annet en lang kjærlighetserklæring til Bombay og India. Men først og fremst handler Shantaram om et liv og en reise helt i randsonen av hva et menneske kan tåle, om frihetens pris, om betingelsene for en ny begynnelse, om kampen mellom det gode og det onde, om kjærlighet - om de store valg i livet. Boken er ute på 20 språk, og filmrettighetene er solgt til Warner Brothers (Johnny Depp i hovedrollen som Lin).

Endelig er den her, oppfølgeren til den eventyrlige romanen Shantaram, som i Norge alene har solgt over 200 000 bøker, og som for lesere verden over er blitt et synonym for en fantastisk leseopplevelse. Selv sier forfatteren at Fjellets skygge kan leses som en selvstendig roman, men at han har ønsket «å gi leserne av Shantaram en fortsettelse av den reisen de sammen la ut på med Lin og Karla.» Boken er skrevet i samme tone og stemning som Shantaram, med et sterkt driv i handlingen frem mot fortellingens klimaks. Fjellets skygge begynner i Bombay to år etter begivenhetene som beskrives i Shantaram. Lin har omsider funnet roen og kjærligheten, men oppsøkes av en venn som befinner seg i fare. Han kommer vennen til unnsetning og setter alt han har bygget opp, på spill. Og dermed er leserne av Shantaram tilbake der de ønsker å være - fastholdt i Gregory Davids Roberts' magiske fortellergrep. Fjellets skygge er en storslagen fortelling om jakten på identitet i en omskiftelig verden av brutalitet, kulturforskjeller og hjemløshet. Det er en altoppslukende roman som spenner fra røver- og gangsterhistorie til kjærlighetsroman og skjebnedrama. Livsklokt og sterkt vanedannende!

Shantaram är Gregory David Roberts egen berättelse från de händelserika och omtumlande åren som förrymd fånge i Bombays undre värld. I ett av stadens slumområden öppnar han en sjukvårdsmottagning för de fattiga och nödställda. Han arbetar för maffian som pengatvättare och förfalskare och följer med maffialedaren Abdel Khader Khan till Afghanistan för att förse mujaheddin med vapen i kampen mot ryssarna. Hans kastas i indiskt fängelse och får utstå tortyr och svält. I den grönögda och mystiska Karla möter han kärleken.Shantaram är ett niohundra sidor långt läsäventyr och en varm och innerlig kärleksförklaring till staden Bombay och dess människor. Det är en hård och rå värld Roberts beskriver, men det är en värld där kärleken, lojaliteten och vänskapen alltid står i centrum.

Kirjailija Gregory David Roberts syntyi vuonna 1952 Melbournessa. Vuonna 1978 hänet tuomittiin aseellisista ryöstöistä vankilaan lähes 20 vuodeksi. Roberts onnistui pakenemaan Bombayhin, jonne hän perusti ilmaisklinikan slummien asukkaille ja pestautui kaupungin mafian leipiin. Vuonna 1990 Roberts vangittiin uudestaan, hän kärsi tuomionsa ja kirjoitti maailmanlaajuista huomiota herättäneen omaelämäkerrallisen romaaninsa Shantaramin vankeusvuosiensa aikana.Nykyään Roberts on vetäytynyt täysin julkisuudesta ja keskittyy kirjoittamiseen. Hän on kieltänyt jopa kuviensa julkaisemisen kirjojensa ilmestymisen yhteydessä.Shantaramissa nuori australialaismies Lin pakenee vankilasta Bombayhin. Vieraassa miljoonakaupungissa hän niittää aluksi mainetta parantajana, minkä vuoksi hänet lopulta vangitaan. Vapauduttuaan Lin sotkeutuu laittomaan passibisnekseen ja asekauppaan. Vuoren varjo ajoittuu tapahtumiin kaksi vuotta Shantaramin jälkeen. Lin on menettänyt kaksi rakasta ihmistä: isähahmon, mafiapomo Khaderbhain, ja sielunsisar Karlan, joka on nyt naimisissa komean mediapohatan kanssa. Kun Lin palaa salakuljetusmatkalta Bombayhin, kaupunki tuntuu muuttuneen vaarallisen paljon, vaarallisen nopeasti. Vaikka monet vanhat ystävät ovat häipyneet, Lin ei pysty jättämään kaupunkia: Karla ja eräs kohtalokas lupaus eivät päästä häntä otteestaan.Vuoren varjo on eksoottinen runsaudensarvi, kuten edeltäjänsä Shantaram. Roberts vie jälleen lukijansa jännittävälle ja unohtumattomalle matkalle, joka toivottavasti jatkuu vielä jonain päivänä.