Cry, the Beloved Country (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Alan Paton
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Prisoners, Blacks, Colonialism, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Capital punishment, Ministry or ministers, Ethnic relations, South Africa or South Africans, Clergy, Apartheid
- Locales: Johannesburg, South Africa
Places Discussed
*Johannesburg. South Africa’s biggest and most advanced city and center of the country’s prosperous gold mining industry. During the period in which the novel is set, Johannesburg, like the rest of South Africa, is governed by increasingly rigid racially discriminatory laws and customs, all of which favor the country’s white minority. Nevertheless, black Africans flock to the city and its mines from impoverished rural areas to find wage employment and other opportunity. However, even in the great city, jobs are hard to find.
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