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City of Joy
AuthorDominique Lapierre
Original titleLa cité de la joie
TranslatorKathryn Spink
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherArrow
Publication date
1985
Published in English
1985
Pages544
ISBN0-09-914091-8

City of Joy (French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel,[1] although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah.

  1. ^ "Impassioned Missions : Director Joffe's 'City of Joy' Faced Obstacles at Home, Abroad". Los Angeles Times. 16 April 1992.

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