An edition of La cité de la joie (1985)

The City of Joy

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An edition of La cité de la joie (1985)

The City of Joy

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One day in Calcutta a rickshaw puller took internationally bestselling author Dominique Lapierre to one of the poorest and most over-populated areas of this haunting city, where five million people live out their lives on the streets. The district was called Anand Nagar -- the City of Joy -- and being there would change the writer's life forever. At the heart of this extremely poor community, Lapierre found more heroism, more love, more sharing, and ultimately, more happiness than in many a city of the affluent West. Above all, he was overwhelmed to discover that this seemingly inhuman place had the magical power to produce heroes and heroines of all ages and from all walks of life. For Calcutta is the home not only of such saints as Mother Teresa, but also of countless other inspiring people, who are ordinary and completely unknown.

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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
464

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Subjects

Altruism Conduct of life Description and travel Poor Refugees Social conditions Calcutta (India) Travel Fiction, general Large type books Poor, india India, social conditions Pauvreté Inde Pauvres Conditions sociales Oeuvres de bienfaisance Histoire Bidonville Anand Nagar NOVELAS FRANCESAS Condiciones sociales Conducta (Ética) Refugiados Descripciones y viajes Altruismo Refugees, india

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Calcutta Calcutta (India) India Calcuta (India) Calcuta

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The city of joy
1992, Arrow Books
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1992, Mondadori
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La Cite De La Joie
January 1, 1992, Pocket
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La cite de la joie
September 17, 1992, Robert Laffont
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La ciudad de la alegri a
1990, Planeta/Seix Barral
in Spanish - 1a. reimpr.
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Les héros de la Cité de la joie: un hymne à la vie, une leçon d'espérance pour tous les hommes
1986, R. Laffont
in French
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La cité De La Joie
1986-01-01, France Loisirs, france-Loisirs
Cover of: The City of Joy
The City of Joy
1986, Warner Books
in English
Cover of: The City of Joy
The City of Joy
1986, Warner Books
in English
Cover of: The City of Joy
The City of Joy
1985, Doubleday
in English

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Edition Notes

Translation of: La Cité de la joie.

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Garden City, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
954/.14
Library of Congress
BJ1595 .L2713 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 464 p. ;
Number of pages
464

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3029589M
Internet Archive
cityofjoy00lapirich
ISBN 10
0385189524
LCCN
85010128
OCLC/WorldCat
12081973
LibraryThing
25872
Goodreads
1474616

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1751721W

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First Sentence

"HE HAD THE APPEARANCE of a Mogul warrior: thick shock of curly hair, sideburns which met the drooping curve of his mustache, a strong, stocky torso, long muscular arms and slightly bowed legs."

Work Description

En La Ciudad de la Alegría se narran las vivencias de varios personajes en un slum (barrio de chabolas) de Calcuta. Paul Lambert es un cura católico francés cuya misión personal es ayudar a los más necesitados. Max Loeb un médico americano que llega a Calcuta cautivado por el trabajo de Lambert. Su historia se va mezclando con la de la familia Pal, con el cabeza de familia Hasari, que deben de migrar a Calcuta para ganarse la vida....

La ciudad de la alegría es un canto a la esperanza y al amor dentro del sufrimiento y la miseria que se da en los barrios pobres de la India. Una increíble e inolvidable novela que ha cautivado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo

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