Italian language
Published Nov. 10, 1986 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
La città della gioia
Dominique Lapierre: La città della gioia (Italian language, 1986, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore)
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City of Joy (French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel, although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah.