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Cry, the Beloved Country
By: Alan Paton
Narrated by: Michael York
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-05-2012
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 (42 ratings)
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Anonymous User
15-12-2023
Stands the test of time
This story resonates in our current era for it has such compassion and humanity. Wonderfully narrated as well.
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Dominic Carroll
17-05-2015
Cry the Beloved Country, has anything changed?
This book could have been written for South Africa today. It seems that little has changed since the end of the apartheid era except that the people in charge now are black whereas in 1947 they were white.
Anyone who has an interest in South Africa should read this book or better still listen to it being read. The reading of it really bring the characters to life and tells the story of the lives and relationships of ordinary people in settings that are still applicable today.
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Mereana
27-06-2019
Magnificent
The story line is one telling of the struggle of one family, the son of whom was forced to leave the barren country of his home to seek work in the city. Unfortunately the city is not kind to the country boy. It is told from the point of view of the father who is a priest.
Underpinning the story is a typical theme of colonisation and assimilation and forced urban drift, and the subsequent hardships of the natives of the land.
It is beautifully and sensitively narrated, and the style of writing is enhanced by the poetic and poignant delivery.
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Anonymous User
21-12-2021
Great story
Loved it - a great south African story of a beautiful country. Fantastic narration - very clear and articulate.
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Valeria
02-06-2020
R e p e t i t i o n s !
The story is pretty interesting, but the alliterations got on my nerves. "He nodded, as if saying 'I agree', and said 'I agree'." It got me rolling my eyes several times.
Acting was not too good, some interpretations felt like mocking, and at times the voices of characters were mixed.
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