IT IS SOME eleven years since the first Author's Note was written.
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Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
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Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo travels to Johannesburg on an errand for a friend and to visit his son, Absalom, only to learn Absalom has been accused of murdering white city engineer and social activist Arthur Jarvis and stands very little chance of receiving mercy.
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Cry the Beloved Country (Twentieth Century Classics)
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Cry, the beloved country: a story of comfort in desolation
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Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
1948, C. Scribner's Sons
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Set in South Africa this novel was written shortly before apartheid became the official policy of the white South African government and was intended to draw attention to the social structures current at that time, many of which would lead directly to apartheid.
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