Alan Paton, in full Alan Stewart Paton, (born January 11, 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa—died April 12, 1988, near Durban, Natal), South African writer, 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.
First published in 1948, Cry The Beloved Country stands as the single most important novel in twentieth-century South African literature.
Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set a
Publisher: Vintage Classics Publisher
