by Alan Paton · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582530096
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«Cry, the Beloved Country» is the classic novel by Alan Paton, published by Longman in paperback (120 pages, in English).
Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor from a rural village in South Africa, travels to Johannesburg in search of his son Absalom. There he discovers racial injustice and the harshness of the city, and his story crosses paths with that of white landowner James Jarvis. The novel alternates both destinies to portray the pain and hope of a divided land.
The 1965 edition is an abridged version of the novel, included in the Bridge series; the work was originally published in 1948.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language and university-level readers.
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.
