Alan Paton (Author of Cry, the Beloved Country)

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Alan Paton

Born

in Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal

January 11, 1903

Died

April 12, 1988

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Alan Stewart Paton 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.

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	Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 77,841 ratings — published 1948 — 287 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Late the Phalarope 3.88 avg rating — 1,545 ratings — published 1953 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful 3.97 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 1981 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from a Troubled Land 3.79 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debbie Go Home 3.66 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1961 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Instrument of Thy peace: The Prayer of St. Francis 4.01 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1969 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towards the Mountain 3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope Tales from a Troubled Land by Alan Paton, Connor P. Hartnett 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kontakion for you departed 3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ha鈥� Penny 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving. ”
― Alan Paton

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“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
― Alan Paton

tags: complaining, love

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“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country

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April 2023 New School Classic Group Read Poll

Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, 1925, 123 pages

45 votes, 22.2%

White Noise by Don DeLillo, 310 pages, 1985

43 votes, 21.2%

Stamboul Train or Orient Express by Graham Greene, 216 pages, 1932

28 votes, 13.8%

Holes by Louis Sachar, 1998, 233 pages

23 votes, 11.3%

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, 1921, 346 pages

19 votes, 9.4%

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry, 1939, 229 pages

18 votes, 8.9%

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, 1948, 316 pages

17 votes, 8.4%

Warlock by Oakley Hall, 1958, 471 pages

10 votes, 4.9%

203 total votes

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