Audiobooks narrators are professional performers and should be treated that way. Shantaram by gregory david roberts series read any book. Shantaram by gregory david roberts is a book about which ive been curious for a while. Defo recommend this book, youre in for a hell of a ride. The book is full of inspiring life lessons and filled with beautiful quotes. The narration is really excellent with amazing voices that add so much.
Listen to shantaram a novel by gregory david roberts available from rakuten kobo. I absolutely loved the book, read it twice already, and seriously hope you will read it as well. This book was a word of mouth suggestion by someone who ive actually forgotten. It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what i know. In as much as you can associate with the main characters, you can explore those moral and emotional dilemmas without having to live through such harsh lessons in your own real life. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Shantaram is, quite simply, the 1001 arabian nights of the new century. Shantaram is a 2003 novel by gregory david roberts, in which a convicted australian bank robber and heroin addict escapes from pentridge prison and flees to india. Buy the audio book cd book shantaram mp3cd by gregory david roberts at indigo. The novel is commended by many for its vivid portrayal of tumultuous life in bombay. The name shantaram really doesnt come up all that often in the novel shantaram, which is kind of strange since, you know, its the title. Buy shantaram by gregory david roberts from waterstones today.
Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. The name comes into play when lin, who is actually using the false name lindsay ford we never learn his real name, meets his friend prabakers mother. Shantaram by gregory david roberts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The longer the book, the higher the estimate will be. As a longtime producer of audiobooks, i owe my livelihood to bringing my clients the best talent available. In a spectacular 43 hours of storytelling, gregory david roberts and narrator humphrey bower take listeners on a rollercoaster of a journey through the streets and slums of india. Gregory david roberts, the author of shantaram and its sequel, the mountain shadow, was born in melbourne, australia.
Youtube, youtube channel, video marketing, youtuber, igtv, erika vieira, video, instagram hatecast clint taylor. A novel characters gregory david roberts this study guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of shantaram. Shantaram by gregory david roberts by hachette audio uk. Apart from having this highly unusual personal background, greg roberts is a very gifted writer. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading shantaram. Although, some parts of the novel are definitely based on roberts known biography, while the rest are impossible to. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Dont let the 900 pages scare you, you truly wishes there were another 900 to go at the end. Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in bombay. If you want to buy the ebook, theres an icon somewhere on this site that will get you there. The way gregory david roberts tells his fantastic story is just breathtaking. While i understand that this is a work of fiction, if even 10% of the book is based on fact, the author has lived an interesting life indeed.
Anyone who walks away from shantaram untouched is either heartless or dead or both. And the narrator does a flawless job impersonating all the different characters voices and accents. Dec 26, 2004 few stand out quite like shantaram, gregory david robertss 936page novel the first volume of a projected four based on his own life. Reading this book is an experience of the trials and tribulations of shantaram.
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A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. The book, though, for me, is a wise exploration of lifes great questions and dilemmas. He escapes from the prison of the most maximum security kind, he tells us and finds his way to bombay, india. By the way, fighting with the mujahideens also reminds me of john rambo. Shantaram mp3cd, book by gregory david roberts audio. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. One of the most important characters in the novel, after the longwinded narrator himself, is the city of bombay a. In 1980, while serving a 19year sentence for robbery in. Humphrey bower read by of the little prince goodreads.
His book is a blend of vivid dialogue, unforgettable characters, amazing adventures, and superb evocations of indian life. Humphrey bower is an actor and an awardwinning narrator. Dec 29, 2012 so, for this years reading i chose shantaram by gregory david roberts. Having been to india a few times, id kind of written the place off, but shantarams bombay is an utterly fascinating, exotic place full of fascinating, exotic characters. While shantaram is a novel, it echoes the true story of author gregory david roberts, who hid. Lin the narrator, like roberts, was convicted to nineteen years in an australian prison after being involved in a series of bank robberies. Sep 29, 2005 gregory david roberts, the author of shantaram and its sequel, the mountain shadow, was born in melbourne, australia. And there are 10 love poems from lin to karla, and from karla to lin, including the two from shantaram and the mountain shadow. Shantaram is narrated by lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximumsecurity prison in australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Oct, 2004 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. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Shantaram book series is written by gregory david roberts and consists of two books shantaram and the mountain shadow. Sentenced to nineteen years in prison for a series of armed robberies, he escaped and spent ten of his fugitive years in bombaywhere he established a free medical clinic for slumdwellers, and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner, and street soldier for a branch of. Download or stream shantaram by gregory david roberts.
The book reminded me again of true wealth, and of why i live to read. This study guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of shantaram. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on shantaram. Shantaram by gregory david roberts read by humphrey bower. Download shantaram audiobook by gregory david roberts. Every human heart beat is a universe of possibilities. Oct 18, 2004 the narrator, lin, now going by shantaram kishan kharre, takes to healing the sick while learning the ways of indias poor through the good offices of a guide named pribaker, whos a little shady and more than a little noble, and through the boozefogged lens provided by dodgy eurotrash expats like aging french bad boy didier, who spoke. As a great poet had once said simple is the seal of truth, and beauty is the splendour of truth. According to, a leading website for voice talent, the standard rates for audio narrators are as follows. Shantaram audio book audio cd by gregory david roberts. Get the audible audiobook for the reduced price of. Thoughts on shantaram by gregory david roberts audiobook.
Shantaram mp3cd, book by gregory david roberts audio book. Like all pros, they want to protect their families health and plan for the future. Editions of shantaram by gregory david roberts goodreads. Vivid and lyrical, some have gone so far as to call shantaram a literary m. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Gregory david roberts audio books, best sellers, author bio. A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the bombay underworld. Vivid and lyrical, some have gone so far as to call shantaram a literary masterpiece. Listen to the powerful opening of gregory david roberts internationally bestselling novel, shantaram, read by humphrey bower.
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