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	• Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton Scribner, 2003 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 240 reviews view larger image
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12 but love it

i am only 12 but i loved this book either way in the story a preacher goes to jahanasburg in search of his dying sister and his son. It isnt exactly the kind of book for fantasy but it tells you the real life of some people.

This is the one of the best books ever written....

I was moved and cried till my eyes ached. This is one of the best books I have and will ever read.

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The compelling and sad tale of South Africa

Reverend Stephen Kumalo lives with his wife in a remote village, Ndotsheni, where he is a respected umfundisi. His sister Gertrude, his brother John and his son Absalom have all gone to live to Johannesburg. One day The reverend receives a letter from Theophilus Msimangu urging him to come to Johannesburg because Gertrude is very sick.
And so begins Stephen's long descent from the mountains to the capital which almost resembles a descent into Hell. Indeed, he is to discover that Gertrude is a prostitute and liquor seller who doesn't care about her young daughter, that John is a politician fighting against the white leadership and that Absalom has murdered a white man.
Mr Paton admirably portrays all the contradictions which the people of South Africa endured in the 1950s. And he does so through the eyes of a forlorn old man who tries to make sense of the way the members of his family behave. The author's humanity, compassion, generosity and wisdom are apparent in every sentence he writes and his novel shows with sensitivity the complex social and racial issues in a country where so many had to suffer for so long.

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Brillantly written

This book is one of the most interesting books i have ever read Alan Paton you are a interlectual being

One of the best I ever read

This is a really great book....I started reading it knowing nothing abt how popular it was etc.....I was really moved by the lyrical prose......It is a book that doesnt judge, doesnt take a high stand, doesnt provide a solution to the problem....just talks about it in humane way.....really beautiful.... a must read for everyone....and trust me, it is a serious book....without all the pretensions of one.....

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