Cry, the Beloved Country - A Story of Comfort in Desolation (original edition)

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Based on the original edition; first published in 1946, actually 2 years before the South African government began to enact apartheid. Deals with the racial problems of South Africa in a very absorbing way through the life of a Zulu pastor, his son, and a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Passionately African, yet timeless and universal, it is a work of searing beauty. Arguably the most deeply moving story about apartheid and racism ever written. A true classic. "The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time."-- The New Republic