‘Cry, The Beloved Country,’ And Nelson Mandela

· Dec. 7, 2013, 10:33 pm

The novel published in 1948, months before apartheid was made law in South Africa, gives a haunting image of a truly divided society. Writer Kevin Roose says Cry, The Beloved Country, by white South African writer Alan Paton, paints a picture of the world Nelson Mandela grew up in.

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