{"product_id":"9781433243189","title":"Cry, the Beloved Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eA worldwide best-seller when it was first published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a black man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCry, the Beloved Country\u003c\/i\u003e is the deeply moving story of Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu pastor, and his son, Absalom. Set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s, it is also the story of a land and a people driven by racial injustice. The book is written with such keen compassion and understanding that the listener shares fully in the gravity of the characters' situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaton said of his book: \"It is a song of love for one's far distant country.\" Thus, it is a tale that is passionately African while also being timeless and universal. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eCry, the Beloved Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of love and hope, of courage and tragedy, born of the dignity of man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094891086064,"sku":"9781433243189","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433243189_p0.jpg?v=1763751727","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433243189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}