{"product_id":"cry-the-beloved-country-leather-bound-signed-limited-edition","title":"Cry The Beloved Country (Leather bound, signed limited edition)","description":"\u003cp id=\"mwEg\"\u003e\u003ci id=\"mwEw\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"mwFA\"\u003eCry, the Beloved Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1948 novel by South African writer \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Paton\" title=\"Alan Paton\" id=\"mwFQ\"\u003eAlan Paton\u003c\/a\u003e. Set in the prelude to \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartheid\" title=\"Apartheid\" id=\"mwFg\"\u003eapartheid\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Africa\" title=\"South Africa\" id=\"mwFw\"\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/a\u003e, it follows a black village priest and a white farmer who must deal with news of a murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwGA\"\u003eAmerican publisher \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bennett_Cerf\" title=\"Bennett Cerf\" id=\"mwGQ\"\u003eBennett Cerf\u003c\/a\u003e remarked at that year's meeting of the \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Booksellers_Association\" title=\"American Booksellers Association\" id=\"mwGg\"\u003eAmerican Booksellers Association\u003c\/a\u003e that there had been \"only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading… \u003ci id=\"mwGw\"\u003eCry, The Beloved Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci id=\"mwHA\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ides_of_March_(novel)\" title=\"The Ides of March (novel)\" id=\"mwHQ\"\u003eThe Ides of March\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci id=\"mwHg\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Naked_and_the_Dead\" title=\"The Naked and the Dead\" id=\"mwHw\"\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-rd_2-0\" rel=\"dc:references\" data-mw='{\"name\":\"ref\",\"attrs\":{\"name\":\"rd\"},\"body\":{\"id\":\"mw-reference-text-cite_note-rd-2\"}}'\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country#cite_note-rd-2\" id=\"mwIA\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-reflink-text\" id=\"mwIQ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwIg\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e2\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwIw\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e It remains one of the best-known works of South African literature.\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-3\" rel=\"dc:references\" data-mw='{\"name\":\"ref\",\"attrs\":{},\"body\":{\"id\":\"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3\"}}'\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country#cite_note-3\" id=\"mwJA\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-reflink-text\" id=\"mwJQ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwJg\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e3\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwJw\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\" rel=\"dc:references\" data-mw='{\"name\":\"ref\",\"attrs\":{},\"body\":{\"id\":\"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4\"}}'\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country#cite_note-4\" id=\"mwKA\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-reflink-text\" id=\"mwKQ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwKg\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e4\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\" id=\"mwKw\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwLA\"\u003eTwo cinema adaptations of the book have been made, the first in \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country_(1951_film)\" title=\"Cry, the Beloved Country (1951 film)\" id=\"mwLQ\"\u003e1951\u003c\/a\u003e and the second in \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cry,_the_Beloved_Country_(1995_film)\" title=\"Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)\" id=\"mwLg\"\u003e1995\u003c\/a\u003e. The novel was also adapted as a musical called \u003ci id=\"mwLw\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_in_the_Stars_(1949_musical)\" title=\"Lost in the Stars (1949 musical)\" id=\"mwMA\"\u003eLost in the Stars\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), with a book by the American writer \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maxwell_Anderson\" title=\"Maxwell Anderson\" id=\"mwMQ\"\u003eMaxwell Anderson\u003c\/a\u003e and music composed by the German emigre \u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurt_Weill\" title=\"Kurt Weill\" id=\"mwMg\"\u003eKurt Weill\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053563764967,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/s-l1600_04477444-7b64-4b21-9742-f08b91bd9562.webp?v=1794523032","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/cry-the-beloved-country-leather-bound-signed-limited-edition","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}