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thethirdcrouch 's review for:
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
The writing is poetic you could see the South African rain pouring with artistic rhythm. The repetition of phrases is well used here for emphasis and some sort of longing. The world is a somber valley but Paton managed to spark that hope in the little actions and decisions of the characters. The story started with hope of finding his son and ended with hope of finding freedom while in between sprinkling hope to each character and to each people of Johannesburg and Ndotsheni.
I can never fully feel the oppression and the poverty experienced by Kumalo and the natives but Paton managed to get empathy from the reader with all those wonderful dialogues. I would have wished to read this in Zulu, or Afrikaans, or Xhosa; all those beautiful languages. With Black Panther showing a non-colonized Africa and afro-futurism I can only hope for them, with the description of just starting Johannesburg. This was written decades ago and surely South African now is different if not better but I hope Kumalo's and the characters' desire would be achieved at last.
I can never fully feel the oppression and the poverty experienced by Kumalo and the natives but Paton managed to get empathy from the reader with all those wonderful dialogues. I would have wished to read this in Zulu, or Afrikaans, or Xhosa; all those beautiful languages. With Black Panther showing a non-colonized Africa and afro-futurism I can only hope for them, with the description of just starting Johannesburg. This was written decades ago and surely South African now is different if not better but I hope Kumalo's and the characters' desire would be achieved at last.