by Dominique Lapierre · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253040316
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«La Cité de la joie» is the novel by Dominique Lapierre, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (601 pages, in French).
The story brings together a French Catholic priest, an American doctor, a nurse, and a rickshaw puller in a poor neighborhood of Calcutta, where they try to care for and save its inhabitants during the monsoon, amid floods, rats, and scorpions. Their struggle is a celebration of life and a testament to solidarity and hope.
The novel was originally published in 1985; it was adapted into a movie by Roland Joffé and translated into 31 languages.
For readers of social and historical fiction interested in India and in stories of solidarity in the face of adversity.
