CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
by Paton, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/Fair
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead.
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- Seller
- Russ States (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14-0287
- Title
- CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY: A Story of Comfort in Desolation
- Author
- Paton, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Fiction, South Africa
Terms of Sale
Russ States
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