Best Selling Books by Alan Paton

An Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa’s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948. Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s law is a work of searing beauty. Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much. The eminent literary critic Lewis Gannett wrote, “We have had many novels from statesmen and reformers, almost all bad; many novels from poets, almost all thin. In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country the statesman, the poet and the novelist meet in a unique harmony.” Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man.

With a mixture of compassion and despair, this collection of ten short stories by the distinguished author of ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' speaks eloquently yet incisively of the injustices of the author''s native land, South Africa.

Portrays a police lieutenant''s struggle with his conscience when he violates a strict South African law concerning relationships between Blacks and whites.

For millions of readers worldwide, Alan Paton''s books have vividly described life in contemporary South Africa. Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful revolves around the everyday experiences of a group of men and women whose lives reflect the human costs of maintaining a racially divided society. Writing at the peak of his powers, Paton delivers a masterpiece.

Alan Paton''s novel tells the story of the South African people and their struggles in the wake of colonial rule.

An anthology of short stories, poems, essays and speeches; the writings run the range from Christian hope of overcoming injustice to deep feelings of paralysis and sterility. Chronologically arranged, they are divided into sections corresponding to Paton''s life interests: penal reform, literature and opposition to apartheid, first within, and then outside the Liberal Party. The speeches and articles often refer to martyrdom; the poems range from a humorous treatment of political self-censorship to the extraordinary 1946-47 ""The Prison House,"" a powerful statement of the so-called Bettelheim syndrome of identifying with the oppressor.

Continues the first volume of the South African author''s autobiography beginning in 1948. Covers all of his writings and his political and personal life.

A distinguished collection of short pieces and essays written by Alan Paton that testify to the mounting and explosive violence that has rocked the modern history of South Africa.

Now, Alan Paton tells the story of his early life--the important years that shaped his character, making him all the more aware of the tensions and complexities of South African life. A story of tremendous moral courage.

In a South African boys'' reformatory, an African boy and the white principal try to understand each other.

Introduces the land, history, natural resources, industries, government, customs, people, and racial problems of the southernmost country on the African continent.

A book about Paton''s marriage and a celebration of his life.

Everyone who believes Easter is about more than bunnies and eggs will be grateful for this new collection of short stories that shed light on the deeper meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these classic tales capture the spirit of Easter in a way that will captivate readers of all ages. Easter Stories includes time-honored favorites from world-famous storytellers such as C.S. Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, Selma Lagerlof, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Goudge, Maxim Gorky, Ruth Sawyer, and Walter Wangerin as well as many you''ve never heard before.