noapathy 's review for:

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

5.0

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This famous book hardly needs an introduction. I read it either in high school or college (I don't really remember), but truly did not comprehend the anguish contained in its pages. I was inspired to read it again -- since it's been sitting on my bookshelf all these years -- after finishing Mandela's autobiography over the summer. Paton, a white South African, was a well known supporter of the African National Congress and gave remarks at one of Mandela's court trials. The story brought me to tears in a way that I might not have experienced, had I not already had South Africa's long struggles in the back of my mind. Totally worth rereading!