Bible Stories

Exhausted I arrived after 933 pages at the end of the English edition of Shantaram. The book is consistently good read. There is an incredible wealth of exciting episodes, well-written dialogues, interesting types, environment descriptions and background stories. All this has been described in the Summary at some length. What I, however, had my difficulties was the ego of the author and his philosophical-religious basic setting. The whole adventurous life story is about the search for the good in people, by ever new temptations, failures and finally the victory of good, righteous and loving. There are no single philosophical banter that interrupt the action, but everything Roberts told himself this pattern subordinates. If he is involved in combat, he strokes his skills as a stabber out, but at the crucial moment he stands neatly into the flesh of his opponent, but does not bring to him. If he is released after months of incredible torture from prison, he not failed to save a few inmates. If he again takes out of desperation heroin, then right by dives three months an opium den, and then goes through the hell of the "cold turkey".

There are Biblical stories with a modern twist that tells Roberts that purification from Saul to Paul. Out of curiosity, I looked at his site, and here he developed his philosophy of the "cosmosophy". I'm not gone into the details and have no great desire to also because I read books, to be entertained and thought-provoking, but not for me to do to the big hit of a World Declaration. Shantaram leaves me somewhat perplexed. Perhaps such a zeal must be to bring such a gigantic work into existence.