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| Plot Summary of City of God |
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"Crucifix is stolen from church and found on roof of experimental synagogue located in lower Manhattan, run by idealistic young Jewish couple.Wife's father was survivor of Holocaust, but died before he could recover journals kept in ghetto and hidden.
Clergyman ,whose church was vandalized and who is giving up his post because of his loss of faigth, finds cross, and falls in love with wife. Husband, who goes to Poland to
retrieve father-in-law's hidden diaries is slain in front of door of old synagogue. Clergyman takes up search, finds diaries, and marries Jewish wife. Clergyman also converts to Judaism. "
Betty-Jeanne Korson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting discrim. (other than racial/gender)
- religious issues
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Family, caring for ill
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a culture in other country
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age:
- 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
- wealthy
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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