Hope For South Africa
- 106 Seiten
- 4 Lesestunden
Alan Paton Reihenfolge der Bücher
11. Jänner 1903 – 12. April 1988
Alan Patons literarisches Werk befasst sich mit den tiefgreifenden Ungerechtigkeiten der Apartheid und erforscht Themen wie Rassentrennung und die Sehnsucht nach Versöhnung. Sein Schreiben zeichnet sich durch eine lyrische Stimme aus, die seine tiefe Zuneigung zur südafrikanischen Landschaft und ihren Menschen wunderschön einfängt. Durch seine Erzählungen vermittelte Paton konsequent eine kraftvolle Botschaft der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Zukunft. Er bleibt bedeutsam für seine Fähigkeit, die menschlichen Kosten der Unterdrückung zu artikulieren und gleichzeitig den beständigen Geist der Menschlichkeit zu fördern.
- 2022
- 2021
Debbie Go Home: Stories
- 136 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
- 2008
Penguin Readers 6. Cry, the Beloved Country
- 120 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
"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
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
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
- 267 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
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
- 1965
Debbie Go Home
- 132 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
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.
