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林巴巴能活下来，靠的是他遇到的人。
逃狱出来的林巴巴在孟买经历了贫民窟的慷慨收容，在这里邂逅了绿眼睛的神秘女人卡拉、总有着开朗笑容的朋友普拉巴克、有教父般地位的黑帮大佬哈德拜和与他惺惺相惜的打手阿布杜拉。他不但在孟买扎下了根，而且成为哈德拜重点培养的新人，跟着他的手下练 习生存的技能。
但当生活中最重要的人相继离去，再坚强的人也会被摧毁。在安顿好朋友的家人之后，生活该怎样继续，他拿不出答案。
逃狱出来的林巴巴在孟买经历了贫民窟的慷慨收容，在这里邂逅了绿眼睛的神秘女人卡拉、总有着开朗笑容的朋友普拉巴克、有教父般地位的黑帮大佬哈德拜和与他惺惺相惜的打手阿布杜拉。他不但在孟买扎下了根，而且成为哈德拜重点培养的新人，跟着他的手下练 习生存的技能。
但当生活中最重要的人相继离去，再坚强的人也会被摧毁。在安顿好朋友的家人之后，生活该怎样继续，他拿不出答案。
328 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2020
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Gregory David Roberts
15 books4,374 followersGregory David Roberts (GDR) is an Australian artist, composer, songwriter, and author of Shantaram, its sequel, The Mountain Shadow, and The Spiritual Path.
Following the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of custody of his daughter, he turned to heroin to numb the pain, and crime to feed his habit. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19 years in prison for armed robbery (with a plastic weapon), he escaped and spent eight years in Bombay as a fugitive. Here he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers and worked as a counterfeiter and smuggler for a branch of the South Bombay mafia.
Recaptured and extradited to Australia, he served out his sentence, which included two years in solitary confinement as a punishment for his escape. The time in solitary was to become a turning point in his life. When released, Roberts completed writing Shantaram and it was published in 2003 to critical acclaim. He returned to Mumbai where he set up a personal initiative to assist the city's poor with lifesaving healthcare.
In the years that followed he became an in-demand public speaker and philosopher and received thousands of messages from readers saying the book had been “life changing”. Roberts went ‘off-grid’ in 2014 to look after his sick parents and pursue a spiritual path of devotion.
In 2019, he established a multimedia company, Empathy Arts, and the following year released his debut album Love&Faith, which was recorded at Geejam Studios in Jamaica. The same year saw the release of his first non-fiction book The Spiritual Path.
Roberts’ life affirming messages on social media, of taking personal responsibility, never giving up, living a purposeful life and embracing our common humanity, have resonated with people across the world.
In October 2022, the TV series Shantaram based on the book, aired on AppleTV+. Roberts currently resides in Jamaica, where he continues to write, produce music and create art.
Following the breakdown of his marriage and the loss of custody of his daughter, he turned to heroin to numb the pain, and crime to feed his habit. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19 years in prison for armed robbery (with a plastic weapon), he escaped and spent eight years in Bombay as a fugitive. Here he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers and worked as a counterfeiter and smuggler for a branch of the South Bombay mafia.
Recaptured and extradited to Australia, he served out his sentence, which included two years in solitary confinement as a punishment for his escape. The time in solitary was to become a turning point in his life. When released, Roberts completed writing Shantaram and it was published in 2003 to critical acclaim. He returned to Mumbai where he set up a personal initiative to assist the city's poor with lifesaving healthcare.
In the years that followed he became an in-demand public speaker and philosopher and received thousands of messages from readers saying the book had been “life changing”. Roberts went ‘off-grid’ in 2014 to look after his sick parents and pursue a spiritual path of devotion.
In 2019, he established a multimedia company, Empathy Arts, and the following year released his debut album Love&Faith, which was recorded at Geejam Studios in Jamaica. The same year saw the release of his first non-fiction book The Spiritual Path.
Roberts’ life affirming messages on social media, of taking personal responsibility, never giving up, living a purposeful life and embracing our common humanity, have resonated with people across the world.
In October 2022, the TV series Shantaram based on the book, aired on AppleTV+. Roberts currently resides in Jamaica, where he continues to write, produce music and create art.
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April 14, 2018
Закончилась книга тем, что Линн с мальчиком которого ему дали в качестве ученика английского языка, сражались с напавшими на них собаками. Слезы на глазах Линна... Такая отеческая любовь в них, сожаление о прошлой жизни, о потерянной семье.. ну, невозможно не плакать. Запомнился момент когда мужчина избивал свою жену, а потом вся деревня избивала его за это, пока он не раскаялся. Сплочённость общества поражает, и что самое удивительное они били его из любви к нему, чтобы он раскаялся и больше такого не делал никогда! Также запомнился эпизод когда Линн приехал в деревню и Пробу учил его мыться)) Я просто умирала со смеху! С нетерпением читаю 3 часть!
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