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14 de sept. de 2006 · City of God is a journey into a world at once shockingly real and at the same time steeped in gritty magical realism without the fantasy element. This is a must read for any affecianodo of the picaresque and is one of the few truly picaresque novels of this century.
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives in Cidade de Deus, a favela in Western Rio de Janeiro where Lins grew up. It is the only novel by Lins that has been published. It took Lins 8 years to complete the book.
1 de dic. de 2007 · The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based. “A Scarface-like urban epic . . . punctuated with lyricism and longing” (Publishers Weekly). City of God is a...
3.91. 2,081 ratings163 reviews. 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.
14 de sept. de 2011 · City of God. by. Lins, Paulo, 1958-; Entrekin, Alison. Publication date. 2006. Topics. Cidade de Deus (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Fiction. Publisher. New York : Black Cat : Distributed by Publishers Group West.
3 de nov. de 2011 · 1 Review. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. A sprawling, magnificently told epic about the history of gang life in Rio's favelas. THE...
14 de sept. de 2006 · Written by Paulo Lins, who grew up in the favela (shantytown) Cidade de Deus in Rio e Janeiro and who spent years researching its gang history, City of God began life as a coruscating, harrowing novelistic account of twenty years in the illicit pursuits of the youth gangs born from the favela.
