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Cry, the beloved country
Title:
Cry, the beloved country
ISBN:
9780743262170
Edition:
1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2003
Physical Description:
316 p. ; 21 cm.
Reading Level:
860 L Lexile
Summary:
A Zulu country parson, Stephen Kumalo, arrives in Johannesburg and finds that his sister, Gertrude, has become a prostitute and his son, Absalom, a murderer, and must come to terms with personal loss and the emotional scars inflicted on South Africa during the era of apartheid.
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