englishfan
15-03-2005, 06:54 PM
A novel I like best
Cry the Beloved Country
By : Alan Paton
I feel it really reflect a realistic problem of black South Africans. Paton really made us feel pity for those unfortunate race.
The story is in three books.
Book I is presented through the eyes of the main character, Stephen Kumalo, a native priest in Ndotsheni, a small community in the Ixopo district of South Africa. The time is 1947.
There is a terrible drought forcing the young people of the region to leave their agricultural communities and to emigrate to Johannesburg to seek employment in the mines. The loss of so many young people has weakened the tribal traditions, which cannot be respected in a large urban place like Johannesburg. The action begins with a letter that comes to Kumalo from.....................wait for the rest of the story.
Cry the Beloved Country
By : Alan Paton
I feel it really reflect a realistic problem of black South Africans. Paton really made us feel pity for those unfortunate race.
The story is in three books.
Book I is presented through the eyes of the main character, Stephen Kumalo, a native priest in Ndotsheni, a small community in the Ixopo district of South Africa. The time is 1947.
There is a terrible drought forcing the young people of the region to leave their agricultural communities and to emigrate to Johannesburg to seek employment in the mines. The loss of so many young people has weakened the tribal traditions, which cannot be respected in a large urban place like Johannesburg. The action begins with a letter that comes to Kumalo from.....................wait for the rest of the story.