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Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1948 novel by South African writer Alan Paton.Set in the prelude to apartheid in South Africa, it follows a black village priest and a white farmer who must deal with news of a murder.
Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land .
The literary critic Alfred Kazin reviewed the novel for The New York Times: "What is best in this novel (a Book-of-the-Month Club selection for August) is the atmosphere Mr. Paton conveys of the sultry, brooding tension in South Africa itself - that "heartless land" as the writer James Stern once called it...One understands better, after reading this novel, the hysterical abruptness and open ...
Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful (1981) is the third and final novel by South African author Alan Paton. Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful is set in the 1950s, after apartheid was established in postwar South Africa. The historical novel explores fictional characters interacting with historical figures working to resist these laws.
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Title page of the first volume of Paton's prose translation of the Greek Anthology, 1927. William Roger Paton, usually cited as W. R. Paton (9 February 1857 – 21 April 1921), [1] was a Scottish [2] [3] [4] author and translator of ancient Greek texts, mostly known for his translation of the Greek Anthology.
Andrew Archibald Paton FRGS [1] (19 March 1811, in Edinburgh – 5 April 1874) was a British diplomat, orientalist, and author of travel books and novels. [ 2 ] Biography
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