SHANTARAM
by Gregory David Roberts
One more amazing read!! Initially, the 1000-page dismay kept me from taking up the book for a long time. Then, it just happened and I was reading it. Now, I am glad I did :) In the journey that I have taken up with books, this is the FIRST book that made my hands shiver and set my teeth chattering. No other literary work has made this effect on me - because, Roberts, the author has written every page of Shantaram with death traversing along. After all, the book is centered around a mafia group. Set in Bombay, Shantaram is a gripping tale of an Australian convict who escapes a maximum-security prison and enters the Indian city with a fake passport. The slum that he puts up in, the woman whom he falls for, and the mafia don he works for influence the rest of the story.
Breathtaking quotes showcasing denied truths, the dangerous abyss that love and trust hold, the turmoil of existence, thin line of hopes that feed fire to our will, the wrong that we do for the right reasons, redemption that a heart seeks at the end of day, the rotten smell of trait and deceit, the glaringly evident death that every human has to face eventually, the charm of rare luck and instinct bestowed upon a handful, the realization that nothing never really lasts except the soul-deep love for land and women, and the ultimate destination of mankind - the book has it all.
Go ahead, give it a read!
“The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.”
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