SHANTARAM

Book Name: Shantaram (शांतराम)

Translators: Aparna Velankar
ISBN: 9788184980530
Edition: 4
Publishing Year: April 2010
Pages: 1428
Language: Translated from English to Marathi
Category: Fiction
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

About the Book:
A novel of high adventure, great storytelling, and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld. In the early '80s, Gregory David Roberts, an armed robber and heroin addict, escaped from an Australian prison to India, where he lived in a Bombay slum. There, he established a free health clinic and joined the mafia, working as a money launderer, forger, and street soldier. He found time to learn Hindi & Marathi, fall in love, and even spent time being worked over in an Indian jail.

Then, in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in Bollywood and fought with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Amazingly, Roberts wrote Shantaram three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. It’s a profound tribute to his willpower.

At once a high-kicking, eye-gouging adventure, a love saga, and a savage yet tenderly lyrical fugitive vision.

Reviews:

• Time Out: “Extraordinarily vivid... A gigantic, jaw-dropping, grittily authentic saga.”

• Daily Mail: “Powerful and original... A remarkable achievement.”

• Sunday Telegraph: “Vivid and compassionate... Impressive.”

• Guardian: “A publishing phenomenon.”

• Sunday Times: “A remarkable achievement.”