Cry, the Beloved Country

By: Alan Paton

Narrated by: Michael York

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

This is the most distinguished novel that has come out of South Africa in the 20th century, and it is one of the most important novels that has appeared anywhere in modern times. Cry, the Beloved Country is in some ways a sad book; it is an indictment of a social system that drives native races into resentment and crime; it is a story of Fate, as inevitable, as relentless, as anything of Thomas Hardy's. Beautifully wrought with high poetic compassion, Cry, the Beloved Country is more than just a story, it is a profound experience of the human spirit. And beyond the intense and insoluble personal tragedy, it is the story of the beautiful and tragic land of South Africa, its landscape, its people, and its bitter racial ferment and unrest.

Public Domain (P)1993 Blackstone Audiobooks

Lovely writing and great narrator

This is a lovely story, if a bit slow. It takes it's time and paints a deep picture. The narrator does an excellent job, emphasizing voices and emoting well.

Wonderful!!

Alan Paton’s words—Michael York’s reading! Bliss! Riveting call for South African reform, with a loving portrait of the land and her people.

great read of a soulful book

This is a beautiful book written with great love for Africa. Michael York’s reading truly brought the various characters to life. A book that you ponder upon in silence when done.

Love this book

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Great as far as entertainment. Really transports you.

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Great story. Really pulls you into it.

Wonderful poetic novel

Touching and moving book with a deep soul and great heart. Recommended to all who despair of the hatred in the world

Cry, the Beloved Country a rich blessing

A touching and thought provoking rendition and writing, one listened to again and again for the richness to the soul and spirit. A blessing of profound depth that cannot be well spoken, only felt. May it continue to encourage and challenge each who truly hear...and understand. Thank you for such a gift at such a time as this. January 2017 when life is filled with rage and where only Love can make the way through it well, bearing gifts of redemption in the wake of suffering and sorrow. It is good, remarkably good.

Wonderful book!

Beautiful story, beautifully read. I highly recommend it to anyone parcial to great literature. Astounding.

Poetry perfectly narrated

One of the most beautifully written novels I have ever encountered, read perfectly to make the whole book sound like a song. The writing is insightful and poetic. The story conveys hope and faith even through the misery of poverty, politics and exploitation. A must read (or in this case, listen).

Great book and performance!!

My teenage boys and I read this book for school and we all loved it! Great performance!!

A Good Classic is Timeless

What a great audio book. The narrator is fabulous but it is the material - the book itself - that is so timely and timeless. I am just starting to work in Mozambique over the last four years in a small NGO and my travel always take me through South Africa. This book is just as timely now as then, I'm sure. I see the hopes and the fears of both white and black very evident in so much of what once was colonial Africa and now the struggling-to-emerge modern Africa. It is still as portrayed in this classic work.

We have adopted a little Mozambican daughter who has come to the US to grow up with us in America. This book will go into a growing collection of works that I will one day share with her as she grows older to help her understand what was, what is, and what is possible in her world.