Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 - Fiction - 283 pages

Paton's deeply moving story of Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the backdrop of a land and people riven by racial inequality and injustice, remains the most famous and important novel in South Africa's history. Published to coincide with the Miramax film release in December, starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Contents

• Section 1: 5
• Section 2: 11
• Section 3: 21

About the author

Political activist Alan Steward Paton was born on January 11, 1903 in Natal, South Africa. He attended Maritzburg College and Natal University. He taught at Ixopo High School and Maritzburg College. In 1935, he was appointed principal of Diepkloof Reformatory for African Boys in Johannesburg and became interested in race relations. Although he intended to become a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, he instead became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, serving as vice-president, chairman, and president before the party was forced to disband in 1968 because of its anti-apartheid views. Paton is best known for his political activism and his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country. He also wrote a second novel, Too Late the Phalarope, and two autobiographies, Toward the Mountains and Journey Continued. He died on April 12, 1988 in Lintrose, Botha's Hill, Natal.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cry, the Beloved Country; Oprah's book club; Volume 7 of Scribner Library ; SL 7; Scribner classics; The Scribner library of contemporary classics
• Author: Alan Paton
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons, 1948
• ISBN: 0684718634, 9780684718637
• Length: 283 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Political