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I gave it only three stars because it has no subtlety, and at times sensationalizes Calcutta's problems. I've always had qualms about novels and films that wring entertainment out of human suffering, but this book usually avoids being such an offender. At times, also, the Indian characters are portrayed with condescension; real street people in Calcutta are a lot less childlike and more like you and me than the naifs Lapierre describes. Besides these, the only flaw was the wooden prose style, which may have been the fault of the English translation.
All in all it is a rich and inspiring testament to the resiliance of the human spirit--not literature, but outstanding fiction/non-fiction. I read it while volunteering in Calcutta, so other readers unfamiliar with the city and its problems might enjoy it more.
This book made me stop over and over to contemplate how lucky I was to have been born where and when I was - in relative wealth, comfort, and freedom beyond the wildest dreams of the majority of the world's population.
Go ahead and see the movie if you want too, but not until well after you've read and absorbed the book.
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