num_pages: 316
description: (Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections)Paton's deeply moving story of Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the backdrop of a land and people driven by racial inequality and injustice, remains the most famous and important novel in South Africa's history.
language: English
title: Cry, the Beloved Country
titlecomplete: Cry, the Beloved Country
characters: Stephen Kumalo, James Jarvis, Msimangu, Absalom Kumalo
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Africa, South Africa, School, Novels, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 73537
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: -662659200000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media