Книга: Paton Alan «Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful»

Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful

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Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful is set in the 1950s, the time of the Passive Resistance campaign, the Sophiatown removals, the emergence of the South African Liberal Party and the early stages of the Nationalist government in power. Revolving around the everyday experiences of a group of men and women whose lives reflect the human costs of maintaining a racially divided society, in a series of vivid and compelling episodes, Alan Paton examines what happens between people when such political events overtake their lives.

Издательство: "Penguin Group" (1983)

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Paton, Alan

▪ South African writer

born Jan. 11, 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, S.Af.
died April 12, 1988, near Durban, Natal
 one of the foremost writers in South Africa, best known for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international attention to the problem of apartheid in South Africa.

      Paton studied at the University of Natal and then taught school from 1925 to 1935. In 1935 Paton left his teaching position to direct Diepkloof Reformatory for delinquent urban African boys, near Johannesburg. The success of Cry, the Beloved Country, which he wrote during his tenure at the reformatory, led him to resign his post for full-time writing. Cry, the Beloved Country vividly portrays the anguish suffered by an elderly black minister who must come to terms with his faith when his son is convicted of murdering a white man.

      Both Cry, the Beloved Country and Paton's next novel, Too Late the Phalarope (1953), exhibit a characteristic balanced, economical, rhythmic prose, which has, especially in dialogue, a singing psalmodic tone. The Diepkloof period provided additional material for some short stories. During that period of his life, Paton became involved in South African politics. In 1953 he helped found the Liberal Party of South Africa to offer a nonracial alternative to apartheid; Paton was its national president until its enforced dissolution in 1968. His active opposition to the policy of apartheid led to confiscation of his passport from 1960 to 1970.

      Paton wrote a notable biography, Hofmeyr (1964), a massive study of the brilliant parliamentarian and cabinet minister Jan Hofmeyr. Towards the Mountain (1980) is an autobiography of Paton's first 45 years. In Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful (1981), Paton returned to a fictional account of events in South Africa. The second volume of his autobiography, Journey Continued, was published in 1988 shortly after his death.

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Источник: Paton, Alan

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