Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation [Abridged]

by Alan Paton, R.H. Durham (Abridgement), G.F. Wear (Abridgement)

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"Stephen Kumalo, a church minister, receives a letter that changes his life. He must leave his village and travel to the city of Johannesburg, where his sister is ill and his son is lost. He has never been so far from home, and he is worried about what he wil find there - but the situation is much worse than the could have imagined." - back cover… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Alan Paton	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Durham, R.H.	Abridgement	main author	all editions	confirmed
Wear, G.F.	Abridgement	main author	all editions	confirmed

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"Stephen Kumalo, a church minister, receives a letter that changes his life. He must leave his village and travel to the city of Johannesburg, where his sister is ill and his son is lost. He has never been so far from home, and he is worried about what he wil find there - but the situation is much worse than the could have imagined." - back cover

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