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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.

An escaped convict with a false passport, Lin flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of Bombay, where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter the city’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.

Australie, 1980. Lin s'évade de prison, et atterrit sous une fausse identité dans les rues fourmillantes de Bombay, où il espère disparaître. Il pénètre peu à peu le monde secret de la "ville dorée", où se côtoient prostituées et religieux, soldats et acteurs, mendiants et gangsters. C'est alors le début d'un long parcours initiatique, au cours duquel sa vie sera bouleversée. Docteur dans un bidonville avant d'intégrer la mafia de Bombay, Lin connaîtra l'amour mais devra aussi faire face à la trahison et à la violence.

Als der Australier Lindsay mit falschen Papieren in Bombay strandet, hat er einen spektakulären Ausbruch aus einem Hochsicherheitsgefängnis hinter sich und ist auf der Flucht vor Interpol. Ohne Sprachkenntnisse und Kontakte ist das Überleben in der chaotischen Metropole jedoch schwer. Zu seinem Glück begegnet Lindsay dem jungen Inder Prabaker, der in den Slums lebt und ihn unter seine Fittiche nimmt.

Take your first steps into the adrenaline-fuelled fiction of the Mortal Realms with a thrilling collection of tales, including an action-packed novella pitting noble Stormcast Eternals against the sinister denizens of Ghur. Whether you're a hardened veteran or dipping your toes into the realms for the first time, these 19 new stories introduce you to the various factions as the Age of Sigmar enters the Era of the Beast.

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.

"SHantaram" - eto byla prelomlennaya v hudozhestvennoj forme ispoved' cheloveka, kotoryj sumel vybrat'sya iz bezdny i ucelet', razoshedshayasya po miru tirazhom chetyre milliona ekzemplyarov (iz nih polmilliona - v Rossii) i zasluzhivshaya vostorzhennye sravneniya s proizvedeniyami luchshih pisatelej novogo vremeni, ot Melvilla do Hemingueya. Mastityj Dzhonatan Kerroll pisal: "CHelovek, kotorogo "SHantaram" ne tronet do glubiny dushi, libo ne imeet serdca, libo mertv... "SHantaram" - "Tysyacha i odna noch'" nashego veka. Eto bescennyj podarok dlya vsekh, kto lyubit chitat'".

"Me tomó mucho tiempo y a la mayor parte del mundo aprender lo que sé sobre el amor y el destino y las decisiones que tomamos, pero el corazón de esto me llegó en un instante, mientras estaba encadenado a una pared y siendo torturado".

"Shantaram" ist zurück! "Shantaram" hat Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt berührt. Die Geschichte des Australiers Lin, der aus dem Gefängnis ausbrach, in Mumbai untertauchte, als Arzt im Slum arbeitete und um die Liebe seines Lebens kämpfte, geht weiter. Zwei Jahre sind seitdem vergangen. Lin hat einen wichtigen Menschen verloren, den Mafiaboss Khaderbai, den er verehrte wie einen Vater. Seitdem bekämpfen sich die verschiedenen Gangs immer unerbittlicher, und die Gewalt eskaliert.

ബോംബെ മഹാനഗരത്തെ അനുഭവത്തിന്റെ വെളിച്ചത്തില്‍ കാവ്യാത്മകമായി ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്ന നോവല്‍. ആസ്‌ട്രേലിയയിലെ ജയിലില്‍നിന്നും തടവുചാടി ആ രാജ്യം തന്നെ വിടുന്നതിനിടയ്ക്ക് ബോംബെയിലെത്തിപ്പെടുകയും അവിടത്തെ ആയിരക്കണക്കിനു ചേരികളിലൊന്നില്‍ അഭയംകണ്ടെത്തുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന ലിന്‍ഡ്‌സെയുടെ കഥ. 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.

Greg era un brillante attivista politico all’università di Melbourne ma dopo la separazione dalla moglie e dalla sua bambina si trasforma in uno dei “most wanted men” australiani. Condannato a 19 anni di carcere per una lunga serie misfatti, scappa dal carcere di massima sicurezza di Pentridge e si rifugia a Bombay dove trova la sua seconda occasione. Diventa uno Shantaram, un “uomo della pace di Dio”, allestisce un ospedale per gli indigenti, recita nei film di Bollywood... Un romanzo che tocca la mente e il cuore, che appassiona e fa pensare.