Author: | Alan Paton | ISBN: | 9781451676877 |
Publisher: | Scribner | Publication: | November 29, 2011 |
Imprint: | Scribner | Language: | English |
Author: | Alan Paton |
ISBN: | 9781451676877 |
Publisher: | Scribner |
Publication: | November 29, 2011 |
Imprint: | Scribner |
Language: | English |
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 country’s ironclad law governing relationships between the races, a young white South African police lieutenant must struggle alone against the censure of an inflexible society, his family, and himself.
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 country’s ironclad law governing relationships between the races, a young white South African police lieutenant must struggle alone against the censure of an inflexible society, his family, and himself.