City of God (novel)

City of God (novel)
City of God  
Cidade de Deus.jpg
Author(s) Paulo Lins
Original title Cidade de Deus
Translator Alison Entrekin
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Genre(s) Crime fiction
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date 1997
Published in
English		 1 May 2006
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 496 pages
ISBN 0747576807
OCLC Number 63399081

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 was made into a feature film of the same name in 2002, which went on to be nominated for four Oscars. An English translation of the book was published in 2006.

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