by Dominique Lapierre · Planeta Pub Corp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432215049
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«La Ciudad de la Alegría» is the novel by Dominique Lapierre, published by Planeta Pub Corp in paperback (503 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Calcutta, the story follows a French priest, an American doctor, a nurse from Assam, and an Indian peasant who pulls a rickshaw. Their paths cross in a slum, where they struggle to survive amid floods, rats, and scorpions. The novel addresses poverty, faith, hope, and human dignity.
Originally published in 1985 as «La cité de la joie», this 1998 Spanish edition includes the translation by Carlos Pujol.
For readers of social and historical fiction interested in India and in stories of solidarity and the struggle for dignity.
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
