Ebook {Epub PDF} City of God by Paulo Lins

 · About the Author. 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 Brand: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.  · by Paulo Lins translated by Alison Entrekin ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, A bleak panorama of slum life in Rio’s Cidade de Deus (the “City of God”) under three decades of gang rule. The basis for a Brazilian film, this tale defies summary.  · Find City Of God by Paulo, Lins at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.

Written by Paulo Lins, who grew up in the favela (shantytown) Cidade de Deus in Rio de 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. Blood runs like water through the streets as gang. Paulo Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro and at age seven moved to the 'City of God' housing project. He escaped the cycle of violence there to become an internationally celebrated writer, and still lives in Rio. This novel is the result of extended research in the housing project where Lins was raised. He spent eight years interviewing people and. City of God. by Paulo Lins, translated by Alison Entrekin. pp, Bloomsbury, £ There are many ways to die if you are poor in Rio de Janeiro. You might find yourself sucked through a manhole.

City of God by Lins, Paulo, ; Entrekin, Alison. Publication date Topics Cidade de Deus (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Fiction Publisher. About the Author. 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 his background and become a. City of God by E. L. Doctorow. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With brilliant and audacious strokes, E. L. Doctorow creates a breathtaking collage of memories, events, visions, and provocative thought, all centered on an idea of the modern reality of God.