Шантарам

Vpervye na russkom - odin iz samykh porazitelʹnykh romanov nachala XXI veka. Ėta prelomlennai͡a v khudozhestvennoĭ forme ispovedʹ cheloveka, kotoryĭ sumel vybratʹsi͡a iz bezdny i ut͡seletʹ, protaranila vse spiski bestsellerov i zasluzhila vostorzhennye sravnenii͡a s proizvedenii͡ami luchshikh pisateleĭ novogo vremeni, ot Melvilla do Kheminguėi͡a. Podobno avtoru, geroĭ ėtogo romana mnogo let skryvalsi͡a ot zakona. Lishennyĭ posle razvoda s zhenoĭ roditelʹskikh prav, on pristrastilsi͡a k narkotikam, sovershil ri͡ad ogrableniĭ i byl prigovoren avstraliĭskim sudom k devi͡atnadt͡sati godam zakli͡uchenii͡a. Bezhav na vtoroĭ god iz ti͡urʹmy strogogo rezhima, on dobralsi͡a do Bombei͡a, gde byl falʹshivomonetchikom i kontrabandistom, torgoval oruzhiem i uchastvoval v razborkakh indiĭskoĭ mafii, a takzhe nashel svoi͡u nastoi͡ashchui͡u li͡ubovʹ, chtoby vnovʹ poteri͡atʹ ee, chtoby snova naĭti… V 2011 godu gotovitsi͡a k vykhodu ėkranizat͡sii͡a romana, prodi͡userom i ispolnitelem glavnoĭ roli v kotoroĭ vystupaet nesravnennyĭ Dzhonni Depp.<br><br>"Chelovek, kotorogo „Shantaram" ne tronet do glubiny dushi, libo ne imeet serdt͡sa, libo mertv, libo to i drugoe odnovremenno. I͡A uzhe mnogo let ne chital nichego s takim naslazhdeniem. „Shantaram" - „Tysi͡acha i odna nochʹ" nashego veka. Ėto best͡sennyĭ podarok dli͡a vsekh, kto li͡ubit chitatʹ".

For the first time in Russian — one of the most striking novels of the early XXI century. This refracted in artistic form confession of a man who managed to get out of the abyss and survive, rammed through all the lists of bestsellers and earned enthusiastic comparisons with the works of the best writers of modern times, from Melville to Hemingway. Like the author, the hero of this novel has been hiding from the law for many years. Deprived of parental rights after his divorce from his wife, he became addicted to drugs, committed a number of robberies and was sentenced by an Australian court to nineteen years in prison. After fleeing for a second year from a maximum security prison, he got to Bombay, where he was a counterfeiter and smuggler, traded weapons and participated in the disassembly of the Indian mafia, and found his true love to lose it again to find... in 2011 is preparing for the release of the film adaptation of the novel, the producer and performer of the main role in which is incomparable johnny Depp.

"Person "Shantaram" will not touch to the core, or does not have heart, dead or both. I haven't read anything with such pleasure in years. "Shantaram" - "a Thousand and one nights" of our century. It's a priceless gift for anyone who loves to read."