| Cry, the Beloved Country Contributor(s): Paton, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0756940788 ISBN-13: 9780756940782 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $27.75 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Series: Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12780 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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. |