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uncommongrace25 's review for:
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
This was , of course, on my high school reading list. I remembered having loved it but little else beyond the barest story outline. Older, wiser, more aware it touched me much deeper this time. I appreciate that it deals with an extremely complex situation, revealing multiple aspects of the causes and potential cures. While a message of hope it is also tinged with deep sorrow and no easy answers. Reading it this week in the midst of our nation’ s own debates about class and tribe was particularly thought provoking.
This quote is one that will remain with me:
“The truth is that our civilization is not Christian ; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance and desperate anxiety, of living charity and fearful clutching of possessions.”
This quote is one that will remain with me:
“The truth is that our civilization is not Christian ; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance and desperate anxiety, of living charity and fearful clutching of possessions.”