by Dominique Lapierre · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432215346
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«La ciudad de la alegría» is the novel by Dominique Lapierre, published by Seix Barral in paperback (503 pages, in Spanish).
In a slum of Calcutta, a French priest, a young American doctor, a nurse from Assam and an Indian peasant pulling a rickshaw cross paths during the monsoon and devote themselves to caring for and saving lives amid poverty, floods and disease. The novel is a story of solidarity, love of life and hope.
La ciudad de la alegría was originally published in French as La cité de la joie (1985). This Spanish edition, translated by Carlos Pujol, belongs to the Booket Oro collection of Seix Barral.
For readers of contemporary fiction who value stories of solidarity and resilience with an Indian setting and social background.
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
