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Cry, the Beloved Country : A Story of Comfort in Desolation

by Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country : A Story of Comfort in Desolation - Thryft
Cry, the Beloved Country : A Story of Comfort in Desolation - Thryft

Poignant account of race relations in South Africa.

Cry, the Beloved Country is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the historical context of race relations in South Africa. Paton's beautiful prose and nuanced storytelling ensure that this classic narrative remains intensely pertinent even today, forty years after it was first published. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to address complex social issues with sensitivity and compassion, making it a powerful tool for fostering empathy and encouraging reconciliation.

  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (1949)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Cry, the Beloved Country : A Story of Comfort in Desolation

by Alan Paton
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ISBN: 9780141183121
Authors: Alan Paton
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2000-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 74423 readers)

Description

Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa’s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller 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, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, “We have had many novels from statesmen and reformers, almost all bad; many novels from poets, almost all thin. In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country the statesman, the poet and the novelist meet in a unique harmony.” 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.
 

Poignant account of race relations in South Africa.

Cry, the Beloved Country is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the historical context of race relations in South Africa. Paton's beautiful prose and nuanced storytelling ensure that this classic narrative remains intensely pertinent even today, forty years after it was first published. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to address complex social issues with sensitivity and compassion, making it a powerful tool for fostering empathy and encouraging reconciliation.

  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (1949)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.