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The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from the Brazilian street. Cicade de Deus, the City of God, is one of Rio's most notorious slums. Yet it is also a place where samba rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. City of God is a sprawling, magnificently told epic about gang life in Rio's favelas, based on years of research and Pualo Lins's firsthand experience growing up in Cicade de Deus. A book that gives voice to the dispossessed of multiethnic Brazil, City of God will earn Paulo Lins more well-deserved international acclaim.
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City of God, Paulo Lins
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- City of God
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paulo Lins
- Publisher
- GROVE PR BLACK CAT
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN10
- 0802170102
- ISBN13
- 9780802170101
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Violence, Poverty, Crime Rate, Brazil, Portuguese Literature, Rio de Janeiro
- Original title
- Cidade de deus
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from the Brazilian street. Cicade de Deus, the City of God, is one of Rio's most notorious slums. Yet it is also a place where samba rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. City of God is a sprawling, magnificently told epic about gang life in Rio's favelas, based on years of research and Pualo Lins's firsthand experience growing up in Cicade de Deus. A book that gives voice to the dispossessed of multiethnic Brazil, City of God will earn Paulo Lins more well-deserved international acclaim.