Paton, Alan: - Alan Paton, a native son of South Africa, was born in Pietermaritzburg, in the province of Natal, in 1903. Quiz #/Name: 12780 / Cry, the Beloved Country Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man. Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty.Ĭry, the Beloved Country, is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. 'A beautiful s writing is so fresh, its projection of character so immediate and full, its events so compelling, and its understanding so compassionate that to read the book is to share intimately, even to the point of catharsis, in the grave human experience.' - The New York TimesĪn Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, was an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948. The novel was also adapted as a musical called Lost in the Stars (1949), with a book by the American writer Maxwell Anderson and music composed by the German emigre Kurt Weill.'The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time.' - The New Republic The second in 1995, starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. Two cinema adaptations of the book have been made, the first in 1951, which was directed by Zoltán Korda, starring Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, and Charles Carson. In Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country the statesman, the poet and the novelist meet in a unique harmony.' 'The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time' (The New Republic). The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, 'We have had many novels from statesmen and reformers, almost all bad many novels from poets, almost all thin.

The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty. A superior example of an important work, rarely encountered signed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Laid into this copy is an original bookmark for the screening of the film, held in Pretoria, South Africa. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Alan Paton November 2, 1948.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear. $7,500.00 Item Number: 44024įirst edition of Paton’s classic novel.

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