- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (5 Feb 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099469707
- ISBN-13: 978-0099469704
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,155,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Now a major film starring Patrick Swayze - the No. 1 International Bestseller
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Living in the seeming hell of one of the poorest and most crowded quarters of Calcutta are the saints of today: saints such as Mother Teresa, saints such as Stephen Kovalski, an unkown Polish Catholic priest who made his home there to care for the poorest of the poor.
And Max Loeb, an American physician dedicated to fighting disease in this dirty hellhole.
City of Joy, the story of these saints, is a testament to the human spirit unbowed by the most wretched of circumstances.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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City of Joy, quite simply, is the most evocative book I have ever read. For those readers who have seen the film, it bears no relationship to the book except in the vaguest sense. The characters have been changed and it does not tingle the senses in the same unforgettable way. Life in Calcutta is portrayed in such fine detail that when the sewers overflow in the monsoon rains, you actually smell the stench. You can see the children picking over the rubbish tips, taking home their findings, the families living in the streets, and the bicycles all but run over your toes. By the end of the book, it is all one can do not to hop on the first plane to India to help the poor unfortunates who make up such an appreciable part of the city. In the opening chapters, I had to be a little tenacious to give the tale time to unfold, but after that, I did not want to stop until the book was finished - and I was left wanting more, much more.
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Most beautiful book on India I have ever read. Don't hesitate and be put off by the movie. Movie scores 1 out of 10 and the book scores 11 out of 10.
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City of Joy...first came to my attention some years ago as the movie, i`m not even sure if i`d heard of it before but something compelled me to watch it as it was based on fact! I was touched by the film........and this left me wanting to get a copy of the book. What a totally amazing story of peoples spirit. You feel for the characters, even though you will never know them. It makes you sit up and take stock of what`s important in your life. For some, it may be money, others material things or it could even be religion.You realise that for these people in this story, the crux of their life is..... simply surviving from day to day. Read this book, and be prepared to be taken on a journey and be amazed....!! I was!!!
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Published 10 months ago by Mrs. S. A. Lynch
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City of Joy
So much more than in the film which was excellent and led me to buying this book. The film only shows a small part of this book so there is plenty to get your teeth into here. Read more
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Published on 12 Mar 2008 by C. Stanton
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I read this book by chance and enjoyed reading it. It is hard for some of us who are relatively well off to understand that life still goes on despite poverty and deprivation of... Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2007 by helloitsmefolks
uplifting
Having spent a few days in Kolkata I felt obliged to buy the book. I put off reading it until I had run out of alternatives. Then I couldn't put it down. Read more
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