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City of Joy
City of Joy
Author: Dominique Lapierre
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 dirt...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780099469704
ISBN-10: 0099469707
Publication Date: 2/5/1987
Pages: 520
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Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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This novel was the basis for the 1992 movie starring Patrick Swayze. Affluent people come to the squalid section of Calcutta to serve the poor and discover joy in those people and in themselves.
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This book is about one man's experiences in Calcutta, India - the City of Joy. This book is a real eye opener and one you will not soon forget!
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A moving, heartbreaking, compassionate portrait of Calcutta, the slumdwellers, and a Catholic priest who joins them.


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