Hope For South Africa
- 106pages
- 4 heures de lecture
Alan Paton Ordre des livres
11 janvier 1903 – 12 avril 1988
L'œuvre littéraire d'Alan Paton explore les profondes injustices de l'apartheid, abordant les thèmes de la division raciale et de l'aspiration à la réconciliation. Son écriture se caractérise par une voix lyrique qui capture magnifiquement sa profonde affection pour le paysage sud-africain et son peuple. À travers ses récits, Paton a constamment transmis un puissant message d'espoir pour un avenir plus équitable. Il demeure important pour sa capacité à articuler le coût humain de l'oppression tout en défendant l'esprit durable de l'humanité.
- 2022
- 2021
Debbie Go Home: Stories
- 136pages
- 5 heures de lecture
- 2008
Penguin Readers 6. Cry, the Beloved Country
- 120pages
- 5 heures de lecture
"Stephen Kumalo, a church minister, receives a letter that changes his life. He must leave his village and travel to the city of Johannesburg, where his sister is ill and his son is lost. He has never been so far from home, and he is worried about what he wil find there - but the situation is much worse than the could have imagined." - back cover.
- 2002
Ah But Your Land Is Beautiful
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
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.
- 1979
The Church Struggle in South Africa
- 267pages
- 10 heures de lecture
This widely acclaimed and influential volume is now available in a greatly revised and expanded twenty-fifth anniversary edition that places the monumental religious struggle against South African apartheid into a larger and instructive global setting. De Gruchy's authoritative and newly updated account of Christian complicity with and then resistance to one of the world's most notoriously repressive regimes holds indispensable lessons and "dangerous memories" for all concerned about evil, justice, and racial reconciliation.
- 1970
This world-renowned writer views the spiritual dilemmas of twentieth-century man and offers his affirmation of Christian faith
- 1965
Debbie Go Home
- 132pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Short stories set in the South Africa of Alan Paton's "Cry The Beloved Country"Stories:Debbie Go Home; Ha'penny; The Divided House; Life for a Life;Death of a Tsotsi; The Worst Thing of his Life; The Waste Land; A Drink in the Passage; Sponono; The Elephant-Shooter
- 1961
The collection features ten poignant short stories that explore the deep injustices faced in South Africa. Through a blend of compassion and despair, the distinguished author delivers powerful narratives that reflect the social and political struggles of his homeland, offering both insight and emotional depth.
