Cry, the Beloved Country
Publisher: Scribner
Published: December 2, 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780743261951
Subjects: Literary; Fiction - General; Fiction; Fiction / General; General
First sentence: IT IS SOME eleven years since the first Author's Note was written.
Description: 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.