Towards The Mountain/Journey Continue By Alan Paton
Set of 2 books which forms the Complete Autobiography of Alan Paton.
- Towards The Mountain by Alan Paton
Hardcover, ISBN 0908396414, Publisher: David Philip 1980
- Journey Continued: an Autobiography by Alan Paton
Hardcover, ISBN 9780864860996, Publisher: Philip, 1988
Used - Very Good+. This books are in very good condition. The Dust Jackets have some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This books have clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The books are protected with a Cellophane cover.
-The author of Cry, the Beloved Country describes his development as a writer and traces the beginnings of his awareness of the injustices of his native South Africa to his years as principal of Diepkloof, a reformatory for young Blacks.
-The renowned South African novelist offers the second volume of his autobiography, focusing on the horrors of apartheid, the ongoing battle against the South African government and the necessity of a rational solution.
Journey Continued: An Autobiography is the second part of Alan Paton's autobiography, the first being Towards the Mountain. Paton had completed the writing and correction of the volume, but he died before its publication in 1988.
- Alan Stewart Paton was born and educated in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his career by teaching at a school in Ixopo where he met and married his first wife. The dramatic career change to director of a reformatory for black youths at Diepkloof, near Johannesburg, had a profound effect on his thinking. The publication of Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) made him one of South Africa's best known writers. It is a searing account of the inhumanity of apartheid told in a lyrical voice which emphasises Paton's love for the land and people of South Africa, and his hope for a change in the future. It remains a world bestseller and probably one of the most recognisable titles from this country. Paton became a fulltime writer after this novel, producing novels (Too late the Phalarope 1953, Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful 1981), two volumes of his autobiography (Towards the Mountain 1980, Journey Continued 1988), short stories and biographies of J.H. Hofmeyr and Bishop Geoffrey Clayton among other writings. Following his non-racial ideals, he helped to found the South African Liberal Party and became its president. He remarried after the death of his first wife and remained living in Durban until he died.
