Cry, the Beloved Country

Description: Cry, the Beloved Country (1950) Hardcover without dust jacket, but the book itself is in Very Good condition. Some minor shelf-ware. Binding is secure, no markings or notes on the pages. Cry, the Beloved Country, was an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948. Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty. Cry, the Beloved Country, is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man.

Price: 11.5 USD

Location: Vancouver, Washington

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Book Title: Cry, the Beloved Country

Book Series: No

Original Language: English

Item Length: 6 in

Vintage: Yes

Personalize: No

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 9 in

Personalized: No

Features: Film/TV Adaptation, Unabridged

Topic: Classicism, Literature, Apartheid

Item Width: 1 in

Signed: No

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Fiction

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Intended Audience: Adults

Inscribed: No

Edition: Revised Edition

Publication Year: 1950

Type: Novel

Literary Movement: Modernism

Era: 1940s

Author: Alan Paton

Genre: Historical, Politics & Society

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Item Weight: 15 oz

Number of Pages: 283