Ciudad De Dios / City of God (Andanzas) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Paulo Lins (Author), Mario Merlino (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: Tusquets; 1 edition (June 1, 2003)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8483102358
• ISBN-13: 978-8483102350
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,116,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Um Romance sobre a violência e exclusão social carioca, February 1, 2004

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Marcia S. Carvalho "[e-mail]" (Londrina, Paraná Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ciudad De Dios / City of God (Andanzas) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

O livro Cidade de Deus é um depoimento sobre o cotidiano de um setor social diante do processo de urbanização e o crescimento da violência urbana no Rio de Janeiro. Os depoimentos que foram transformados num romance (e a partir dele em filme) traçam didaticamente a exclusão e os caminhos diferentes e possíveis dos membros dessa comunidade carioca. A rotatividade da mão-de-obra no tráfico de drogas e a mortalidade de seus membros é impressionante e nota-se claramente que a engrenagem de exploração deixa no morro (favela) a parte mais pobre, com a conivência da polícia e de investidores até os cartéis. Disputas de teritórios e a criação de muros "invisíveis" mas mortíferos para que os atravessa nos mostra como a ausência do poder público e a desconfiança com o que ainda sobra dele não deixa escolha diante da "lei" da violência. Impressionante e envolvente este romance.

4 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For those that don't speak portuguese, June 30, 2004

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This review is from: Ciudad De Dios / City of God (Andanzas) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

The book City of God is a deposition on daily of a social sector ahead of the process of urbanization and the growth of the urban violence in Rio De Janeiro. The depositions that had been transformed into a romance (and to leave of it in film) didaticamente trace the different and possible exclusion and ways of the members of this Carioca community. The rotation of the man power in the traffic of drugs and the mortality of its members is impressive and is noticed clearly that the exploration gear leaves in the mount (slum quarter) the part poor, with the connivance of the policy and of investors until the cartels. Disputes of teritórios and the creation of walls "invisíveis" but deadly so that it crosses them in the sample as the absence of the public power and the diffidence with what still surplus of it does not leave choice ahead of "lei" of the violence. Impressive and involving this romance.