Fan CastingCry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
Story added by budnana on December 16, 2021
In the remote village of Ndotsheni, in the Natal province of eastern South Africa, the Reverend Stephen Kumalo receives a letter from a fellow minister summoning him to Johannesburg. He is needed there, the letter says, to help his sister, Gertrude, who the letter says has fallen ill. Kumalo undertakes the difficult and expensive journey to the city in the hopes of aiding Gertrude and of finding his son, Absalom, who traveled to Johannesburg from Ndotsheni and never returned.
One clue leads to other, and as Kumalo travels from place to place, he begins to see the gaping racial and economic divisions that are threatening to split his cou...read more
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Description of James Jarvis:
A wealthy landowner whose son, Arthur, is murdered. He comes to the realization of the guilt of white residents in such crimes and forgives the Kumalos.
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