~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction - 1949
Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice.
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.
“A beautiful novel … its 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 Times