by Alan Paton · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140181739
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«Cry, the Beloved Country» is Alan Paton's classic novel, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In 1940s South Africa, Zulu priest Stephen Kumalo leaves his village to search for his son in Johannesburg. There he discovers a sister lost to prostitution and a son accused of murder. Amid violence and racial hatred, the novel explores faith, family, and the possibility of reconciliation.
Originally published in 1948, it is part of Penguin's Twentieth Century Classics collection.
Suitable for book clubs and readers of classic and historical fiction, especially those interested in twentieth-century South Africa.
Alan Stewart Paton was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land.
