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Cry, the beloved country [sound recording] / by Alan Paton.

Paton, Alan. : (author).

Summary:

Cry, the Beloved Country is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. The book is written with such keen empathy and understanding that to read it is to share fully in the gravity of the characters' situations. It both touches your heart deeply and inspires a renewed faith in the dignity of mankind. Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic tale, passionately African, timeless and universal, and beyond all, selfless. Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo travels to Johannesburg on an errand for a friend and to visit his son, Absalom, only to learn Absalom has been accused of murdering white city engineer and social activist Arthur Jarvis and stands very little chance of receiving mercy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1402548451
  • ISBN: 9781402548451
  • Physical Description: 9 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1992, c1948.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Unabridged."
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Maggie Soboil.
Subject: Apartheid > South Africa > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Clergy > South Africa > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > South Africa > Fiction.
South African fiction > 20th century.
Genre: Classic
Historical /Fiction
Political fiction.

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