Cry, the Beloved Countryby Alan Paton | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 282 |
| Year of Publication: | 1948 |
| Date Read: | 02/15/1996 |
| Notes: | The story of a black South African, Absalom Kumalo, who has murdered a white man. This situation is Paton’s basis for examining aspects of guilt, both Kumalo’s personal guilt and responsibility and the collective guilt of a society that creates such disparity in living conditions. COMMENTS — Alan Paton, a South African, served as principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory, which housed several hundred Black youths. Later, he was the national president of the Liberal Party of South Africa until its enforced dissolution in 1968 due to a ban on “mixed” racial parties. |
| My Rating: | 7 |