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Paulo Lins
1) City of God
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 431 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil's most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love – but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Formats
Description
The world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. The true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.
