Cry, the Beloved Country (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alan Paton
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: South Africa
- Principal Characters: The Reverend Stephen Kumalo, Gertrude, Absalom, Msimangu, Mr. Jarvis
- 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
The Story:
The letter brought fear to the hearts of the Reverend Stephen Kumalo and his wife. To a Zulu, letters were rare and frightening. Once opened, they could never be closed again, their contents forgotten. Kumalo waited until he could control his fear before he opened the letter from Johannesburg telling him that his sister was sick and needed his help. The trip would be costly for a poor Zulu clergyman, but he had to go. Perhaps there he could also find their son Absalom, who had never been heard from since he had left the village. Stephen and his wife knew in their...
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