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Cry, the Beloved Country Discussion Questions
Our meeting is Wednesday night (November 18, 2009) at 7 p.m. in the Harnish building. It will be downstairs in the Board Room. Note: About half of this is my own words; the other questions (or at leas… more →
Classics Reading Group
Cry The Beloved Country
wrote 52 minutes ago: I just want to share this amazing old classic by Alan Paton today. It is something that has been rin … more →
Cry, the Beloved Country Discussion Questions
wrote 1 month ago: Our meeting is Wednesday night (November 18, 2009) at 7 p.m. in the Harnish building. It will be dow … more →
Major Characters in Cry, the Beloved Country
wrote 1 month ago: The best character list I’ve found is Spark Notes. If you are struggling to keep people separate in … more →
Alan Paton Biography and Bibliography
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wrote 2 months ago: I mentioned the other day that Alan Paton wrote Cry, the Beloved Country with an obvious love for th … more →
South Africa: Historical Context for Cry, the Beloved Country
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wrote 2 months ago: I am not incredibly familiar with South African history, and so the pre-apartheid setting of the nov … more →
Cry, The Beloved Country Online Links
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wrote 2 months ago: I’ve finished the book (it was a reread for me) and I’m eager to get finding some great information … more →
Africa: A Grand Setting for the Movies
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wrote 2 months ago: For the longest time, we’ve been visiting various Pacific and Asian beach resorts with the hopes of … more →
හඬනු පෙම්බර දේශය : ඇලන් පේටන්
wrote 3 months ago: “… එනයින්, මම මගේ කාලය, මගේ ශක්තිය මගේ කුසලතා දකුණු අප්රිකාවට සේවය කිරීම සඳහා කැප කරන්න … more →
හඬනු පෙම්බර දේශය : ඇලන් පේටන්
wrote 3 months ago: “කැඩී බිඳී ගිය ගෝත්රය ගැන, පලාගොස් ඇති නීතිය හා චාරිත්ර ධර්ම ගැන වැලපෙන්න!. ඔව්, මලගිය මිනිස … more →
BOOK:Cry, The Beloved Country
wrote 4 months ago: Author: Alan Paton Nationality: South African Published In: 1948 After reading this book, I realize … more →
More questions than answers
wrote 8 months ago: “It is not permissible to add to one’s possessions if these things can only be done at the cos … more →
Daily How To 161
wrote 1 year ago: Listening: ‘Shattered’ by O.A.R. Thinking: This is like watching WordPress go through pu … more →
Alan Paton, The Hero of Currie Road
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wrote 1 year ago: The Hero of Currie Road: Complete Short Pieces, by Alan Paton (Umuzi, 2008) [Review originally publi … more →
Offering belief in suffering
wrote 1 year ago: Kumalo said, …so in my suffering I can believe. How? In the face of what he had suffered: a child c … more →
Why else do we live?
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wrote 1 year ago: I have been beyond impressed by Cry, The Beloved Country. While I enjoyed Things Fall Apart, Achebe … more →
The power of love
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wrote 1 year ago: I must confess that I was not looking forward to reading Cry, The Beloved Country. After reading Thi … more →
fernicketty finishes ...
wrote 1 year ago: … take a little time. Butterfly is now at the stage now where she could be test-sailed – … more →
Calvinism's Greatest Shame (Part II)
wrote 1 year ago: Last night I saw Vusi. We grew up at the same time in the same country. Our lives couldn’t hav … more →
Book Review: Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
wrote 1 year ago: Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton is my Around the World for a Good Book selection for S … more →
