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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1940
  • Latest Book:
    February 2009
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • An Oprah Book Club selection, Cry, the Beloved Country, the most famous and important novel in South Africa’s history, was an immediate worldwide bestseller in 1948. Alan Paton’s impassioned novel about a black man’s country under white man’s...



  • From the author of Cry, The Beloved Country comes a powerful novel of terror and remorse “written in exquisitely balanced prose” (Chicago Sun-Times) about a white policeman who has an affair with a native girl in South Africa.After violating his ...





  • A classic collection of 20 short stories, the core of which is formed by Alan Paton’s famous first volume of short stories Debbie Go Home (1961), published in the US as Tales from a Troubled Land. The rest of the stories are taken from other source...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alan Paton has published 5 books.

Alan Paton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Hero of Currie Road, was published in February 2009.

The first book by Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, was published in January 1940.

No. Alan Paton does not write books in series.