Paton, Alan

Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)

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Masterpiece of Prose
Cry the Beloved
SOUTH AFRICA WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY
Eye opening!!!!!!
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Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)
Alan Paton
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743262174
Release Date: 2003-09-29

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Cry, the Beloved Country is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. The book is written with such keen empathy and understanding that to read it is to share fully in the gravity of the characters' situations. It both touches your heart deeply and inspires a renewed faith in the dignity of mankind. Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic tale, passionately African, timeless and universal, and beyond all, selfless.

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Masterpiece of Prose.......2007-06-13

I didn't think I would like this book. I have never seen a writing style like this, so it was a little strange to start. However, I quickly changed my mind. It was a wonderful book that is uplifting and thought-provoking. I cried at the end of it because the story was so beautiful. This is a must read.

Cry the Beloved.......2007-05-15

Alan Paton's Cry the Beloved Country is an eye opening look into 1940's South Africa. The main character pastor Stephen Kumalo tries to save his family from the trap that is the city of Johannesburg. Once in Johannesburg Kumalo quickly realizes hard life is in the white dominated society and how easy it is to fall into the trap. The book does start off a bit slow but by the middle it will have you sucked in. Paton vividly shows how crupt people can be but also shows how good hearted people can be. If you are looking for a book with emotion and life lessons this is a must read.

SOUTH AFRICA WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY.......2007-05-03

CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY EMBRACES ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AT THE SAME TIME REVEALS HARDSHIPS ENDURED DURING THE APARTHEID. THIS NOVEL IS A VERY HISTORICALLY ENHANCING READ SURROUNDED BY A STORY OF LOVE, FAMILY AND ENDURANCE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS NOVEL AS A QUICK BUT GREAT READ CAPTURING THE READER'S HEART EARLY IN THE STORY.

Eye opening!!!!!!.......2007-05-02

After reading Cry, the Beloved Country I realized how terrible the situation is in South Africa. I knew it was in bad condition now but to actually feel like I was there really made me realize that the grass is not always greener on the other side. This book had its emotional moments; for instance when Stephen Kumalo finds out all the situation his son Absalom is put in. I recommend this book to anyone who has an opened mind, and wants to learn more about cultural differences.

Cry, The Beloved Country Review by Porshia Tolbert.......2007-04-30

After reading this book, I realize that a lot of people get treated bad for no reason. Segeration was a huge part of this book and it made it even more touching in many ways. Cry,The Beloved Country is a book that makes me want to bring everyone together as a unit. From reading this book I have learned that we live a wonderful life compared to those in other countries. I would definetly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see how it feels to be in a place that we as Americans are not in.

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Cry, the Beloved Country [UNABRIDGED]
Alan Paton
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ASIN: 0786188987
Release Date: 2003-10-01

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A work of searing beauty, Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor, and his son, Absalom. It is also the story of a land and a people riven by racial injustice, reflecting the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s. The book is written with such keen compassion and understanding that the listener shares fully in the gravity of the charactersÂ’ situations. Alan Paton said of his book: Â“It is a song of love for oneÂ’s far distant countryÂ….Â” Thus, it is a tale that is passionately African while also being timeless and universal. But ultimately, Cry, the Beloved Country is a work of love and hope, of courage and tragedy, born of the dignity of man.

Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections)

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Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Classics Book Club Selections)
Alan Paton
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0613709810

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India's Review of Cry the Beloved Country.......2007-05-03

After reading this book I realize what a great life I have living in America. I've always read about how bad things were in South Africa, but this book was a true "smack in the face"! Segregation was a major issue in this text. It seemed as Black South Africans and White South Africans just couldn't make peace. I do recommend this book to everyone to see what these people had to go through in everyday. At the end I truly understood Cry, The Beloved Country as the people of South Africa cried out for peace.

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Heartbreaking, Must Read Story
My Recommendation for Cry, The Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Manufacturer: Vintage
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Binding: Paperback

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Heartbreaking, Must Read Story.......2006-07-31

"Cry, the Beloved Country" gives us an inside look at South African apartheid in the 1940's. We live this story through the eyes of a poor Zulu pastor who decides to travel from his small village to Johannesburg in hopes to save his son from mounting troubles. The migration of gold mine workers to the cities has increased the crime rate due to the separation of families. Exploitation of these laborers has caused a political unrest in Johannesburg.

Stephen Kumalo, our Zulu pastor, has to question his own parenting and lifestyle when he sees the poor decision making of his own son. Stephen meets a varied barrage of people, some who help and some who choose silence as the easiest way to stay out of trouble, when searching for his son.

"Cry, the Beloved Country" is a must read book. The story gave me insight on this foreign culture and the hardships experienced by not only the exploited workers of the South African gold mines, but the destroyed families of said workers. This book is mandatory criterion for schools in South Africa and it is worthy of this praise.

My Recommendation for Cry, The Beloved Country.......2005-12-04

I read this book for an English class and was hesitant about reading it. Right from the start Paton hooks the reader in by using descriptive language and imagery. Paton really makes you feel for Umfundisi, his family, and especially his son. Umfundisi is a pastor at a church in, small town, Ixopo. His brothers' family, his own son, and his sister have gone to Johannesburg, a big city falling into the despair from crime and hatred. Umfundisi gets word that his sister is ill and must travel there to get her. Both his trip there and his experiences and hardships once in the city strengthen him and his faith in people and God. Although he is there in Johannesburg to retrieve his sister, he ends up contacting his brother whose son has gotten into trouble with Umfundisis' son. Once he has found his sister, he travels all around Johannesburg and surrounding towns to find his son. Even though only a small amount of time passes in Johannesburg, Umfundisi ages immensely form the trials he encounters. Once home he has a new person to raise and realizes that his small town is there for him no matter what happened in Johannesburg. The members of his church rejoiced when he got home telling him that no other pastor is quite like there own. I recommend this book to people who need to strengthen their faith in others and in themselves. If you want a book that will make you cry at one point but at the end makes your heart fell good this is the book for you.

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Tales From A Troubled Land

Tales from a Troubled Land
Alan Paton
Manufacturer: Scribner
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With a mixture of compassion and despair, this collection of ten short stories by the distinguished author of 'Cry, the Beloved Country' speaks eloquently yet incisively of the injustices of the author's native land, South Africa.

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Tales From A Troubled Land.......2001-03-01

It was excellect, though very dark in it's discription of the injustice of the apartide. And continuing motifs of oppresion and curruption and hoplessness made it very deppresing. Not as good as his other book, Cry the Beloved Country.

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Alan Patton's Cry, The Beloved Country, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Cry, The Beloved Country to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story" which details the conditions under which Cry, The Beloved Country was written. This title also includes a short biography on Alan Patton and a descriptive list of characters.

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Too Late the Phalarope
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TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE is set in South Africa, as well as its predecessor, CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY. And like that earlier novel, TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE uses the lives of ordinary people to illustrate the inhuman quality of South African apartheid.

Racial segregation is odious in concept, impossible in application. To prove it, Paton tells us the story of Pieter, a white policeman, who has an affair with a native girl. He is betrayed and reported, and thus brings shame on himself and his family.

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Good book.......2006-08-21

This book was very interesting and very easy too read. My only advice is DO NOT CHOOSE THIS BOOK FOR A RESEARCH PAPER!!! I found it close to impossible to find critical analysis on this book. I enjoyed the story though.

Too Late the Phalarope.......2005-10-27

A wonderful, wonderful, beautifully written book. It portrays with compassion, grace and understanding, the state of aparteid in South Africa.

High School Summer Reading.......2005-08-29

In 10th grade I had to read two books for Global studies and one book for english. For one of my Global books I picked "Too Late The Phalarope". It was a good book, so good in fact that I read it in one day during a car trip. I found the book to be a bit confusing because of the writing style but the plot of the story is what kept me reading. I enjoyed the book so much I will not mind having to go through it a second time so I can take notes on it! This is one book I will look forward to reading again, even if it is just to take notes!

Something different to read.......2000-12-02

In my junior year of high school, I was required to do a research paper on two books. I was looking for something different to read and write about and I came across Alan Paton's novels, "Cry the Beloved Country" and "Too Late the Phalarope". Reading these books, I am aware of the harsh realities of apartheid but was mesmerized by the literary input that Alan Paton wrote of his countrymen and South Africa. Peter was a travesty to himself and to his family. He had an affair with a native and caused a rift between his father and himself. He is forced to confront the reality of how people in society are treated. Frankly, I got a B for the research paper.

emotionally wrenching and beautifully written.......2000-09-23

This is the first time I have been so moved by a book that I have written a review of it. When I think of "the lieutenant" and his goodness, his sin, his longing - deep longing - for fulfilled love with his spouse or his father or his G-d, my heart aches. Because of his physical beauty and bearing, others have set him apart. Where is he at home? Not in either of his own homes, not in his own body or mind. Locked in the unforgiving and puritanical society of the Afrikaaners, the lieutenant is doomed to destroy himself and all around him. The characters are multi-layered, fully believable. His Aunt, as narrator, serves as the conscience of the times. She reveals herself as she details the downfall of the family and as she does, she and the captain question man's right to condemn self-righteously - when G-d condemns and then forgives.

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For You Departed
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