Cry, the Beloved Country
Novel by Alan Paton
Originally published: February 1, 1948
Author: Alan Paton
Characters: Stephen Kumalo, John Kumalo, James Jarvis, and more
Genres: Novel and Political fiction
Date: 1 February 1948
ISBN: 0-224-60578-X (hardback edition, UK)
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Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1948 novel by South African writer Alan Paton. Set in the prelude to apartheid in South Africa, it follows a black village ...
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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 ...
The novel explores the racial and social tensions of the time, illuminating the impact of a racist society on individuals and communities. Paton's narrative ...
Oct 5, 2023 · It is unashamedly and unfashionably a religious film, with a vehement speech from the white Father Vincent (Geoffrey Keen), delivered to Stephen ...
Apr 8, 2024 · It tells the story of a father's journey from rural South Africa to and through the city of Johannesburg in search of his son. The reader cannot ...
The novel tells the story of two protagonists, Stephen Kumalo, a Black priest, and James Jarvis, a white farmer, as they travel to Johannesburg to search for ...
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This film brings to life the lives of a black, country priest and a white wealthy landowner in South Africa in the 1940's. Religion, politics, faith, healing, ...
A more difficult quest follows when Kumalo and Msimangu begin searching the labyrinthine metropolis of Johannesburg for Absalom. They visit Kumalo's brother, ...
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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 ...