Kirjahaku

This powerful novel - the first of a trilogy - is set in South Africa in the 1950s, time of the Passive Resistance campaign, the Sophiatown removals, the emergence of the Liberal Party, and the early stages of the Nationalist government's Apartheid policy.

A classic work of love and hope, courage, and endurance, born of the dignity of man. Now a Vintage Classic. Over 50 years after its creation, this is the classic narrative on racial tension in South Africa. In the city of Johannesburg a father seeks his delinquent son; his search takes him through a labyrinth of murder, prostitution, racial hatred and, ultimately, reconciliation.

From Simon & Schuster, Tales from a Troubled Land is Alan Paton's novel about the injustices of South Africa. 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.

A novel depicting the racial ferment in the beautiful country of South Africa in 1948.

A novel depicting the racial ferment in the beautiful country of South Africa in 1948

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Lost city of the Kalahari is the author's hitherto unpublished account of the odd adventure. Recounted by hand-drawn maps, provisions lists, photographs, 8mm film stills and other fascinating memorabilia from the period, this travelogue brings to life the quirky cast of characters, rough discomforts of the journey, tedium of unvarying landscape, vast deserts vistas, and encounters with 'wild Bushmen' and other Kalahari people.