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Rent: Cry, the Beloved Country

By Alan Paton

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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.

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ISBN 10: 0743262174
ISBN 13: 9780743262170
316 pages.
First Published:1/1/1940
List Price:15.00
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Literature & Fiction, Classics, Contemporary, Genre Fiction, Historical, World Literature, Classics, Central & South African

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writes,

Book came super fast, And it was in great condition. Had a sticker on the cover that i can't get off but i don't mind it.

writes,

I enjoyed the book. It was beautifully written and well understood. It really touched emotionally. It showed many angles and points of view.

writes,

Had to read it for AP English high school, very glad I did. Extraordinarily well-written book set in apartheid South Africa.