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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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Average rating: 3.92 · 82,323 ratings · 5,686 reviews · 137 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cry, the Beloved Country 3.93 avg rating — 79,318 ratings — published 1948 — 273 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 3.87 avg rating — 1,605 ratings — published 1953 — 64 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 — 578 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 — 196 ratings — published 1961 — 17 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 3.65 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1961 — 13 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 — 70 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 3.63 avg rating — 51 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
	Kontakion for you departed 3.97 avg rating — 35 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
	Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope Tales from a Troubled Land by Alan Paton, Connor P. Hartnett 3.81 avg rating — 36 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
	Ha’ Penny 3.80 avg rating — 25 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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December 2014 New School Classics Poll

Which book would you like to read for our December 2014 New School Classics group read?

1963, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, 288 pages

33 votes, 21.2%

1930, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, 267 pages

18 votes, 11.5%

1973, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 302 pages

16 votes, 10.3%

1981, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pages

14 votes, 9.0%

1902, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, 224 pages

14 votes, 9.0%

1944, The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, 314 pages

13 votes, 8.3%

1932, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, 233 pages

12 votes, 7.7%

1940, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, 368 pages

12 votes, 7.7%

1918, My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 232 pages

10 votes, 6.4%

1990, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, 413 pages

10 votes, 6.4%

1940, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, 320 pages

2 votes, 1.3%

1961, A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul, 623 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

1992, Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth, 630 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

156 total votes

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