ALAN PATON "CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY" US EDITION EARLY COPY 1950

Published by Scribners, 1950

Alan Paton’s “Cry, The Beloved Country: A story of comfort in desolation” was originally published in 1948 by Scribners in the US and

Jonathan Cape in the U.K. And is considered a landmark of South African literature.

“ The beloved country is South Africa, and this is one of the most impressive novels it has ever produced. It is the story of a broken man Absalom Kumalo, a detribalized native forced by poverty to migrate to the big town and there to drift into crime. His father, a simple Zulu parson, set off to Johannesburg to look for him. The search, a painful one, brings the father face to face with the misery and degradation of the black proletariat in the world's greatest gold-producing centre, where the atmosphere is full of the tension that comes from fear and expresses itself in racial antagonisms. Absalom has left a downward trail and seems to have disappeared, but when his final crime comes to light it brings these antagonisms into full focus.” - Publisher

This very early copy is a US Edition printing from 1950.

Format: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine. Shows some wear with minor flaws, but otherwise in great condition.