{"product_id":"cry-the-beloved-country-paperback","title":"Cry, the Beloved Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Paton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLauren Francis-Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful novel...its writing is so fresh, its projection of character so immediate and full, its events\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Paton, a native son of South Africa, was born in Pietermaritzburg, in the province of Natal, in 1903. Paton's initial career was spent teaching in schools for the sons of rich, white South Africans, But at thirty, he suffered a severe attack of enteric fever, and in the time he had to reflect upon his life, he decided that he did not want to spend his life teaching the sons of the rich. He got a job as principal of Diepkloof Reformatory, a huge prison school for delinquent black boys, on the edge of Johannesburg. He worked at Diepkloof for ten years, and at the end of it Paton felt so strongly that he needed a change, that he sold his life insurance policies to finance a prison-study trip that took him to Scandinavia, England, and the United States. It was during this time that he unexpectedly wrote his first published novel, \u003ci\u003eCry, the Beloved Country\u003c\/i\u003e. It stands as the single most important novel in South African literature. Alan Paton died in 1988 in South Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLauren Francis-Sharma is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003e'Til the Well Runs Dry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook of the Little Axe\u003c\/i\u003e, and her latest, \u003ci\u003eCasualties of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by her attendance at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's amnesty hearings.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.04 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cry, the Beloved Country\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53054558601440,"sku":"9780743262170","price":21.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/rn78AHjBPu9780743262170.webp?v=1781298479","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/cry-the-beloved-country-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}