by Dominique Lapierre · Plaza Y Janes · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422619215
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«La ciudad de la alegría» is the novel by Dominique Lapierre, published by Plaza y Janés in hardback (379 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative is set in Calcutta and interweaves a French priest, a doctor who has come from the United States, a nurse from Assam and a peasant who works with a rickshaw. Their paths cross in a slum district, where they try to help the most disadvantaged; it is a hymn to hope and to life in the midst of adversity.
The original title is «La cité de la joie»; the Spanish translation is by Carlos Pujol. The work was published in 1985.
For readers of contemporary fiction and stories set in India, especially those who appreciate human portraits of disadvantaged environments.
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
