Lesson 4-A Drink in the Passage II. His Work Cry, the Beloved Country e nI BELovo COUNTRY Perhaps the most famous novel to come out of South Africa, Patons 1948 work brought to the notice of the world the dilemmas of ordinary South Africans living under an oppressive system, one which threatened to destroy their very humanity Alan Paton Informed by Paton's Christian and liberal beliefs, the novel tells of a rural Zulu parsons heart-breaking search for his son who has been drawn into the criminal underworld of the city. Cry, the Beloved Country has sold millions of copies around the world W E To be continued on the next pageLesson 4—A Drink in the Passage W B T L E II. His Works Cry, the Beloved Country Perhaps the most famous novel to come out of South Africa, Paton’s 1948 work brought to the notice of the world the dilemmas of ordinary South Africans living under an oppressive system, one which threatened to destroy their very humanity. Informed by Paton’s Christian and liberal beliefs, the novel tells of a rural Zulu parson’s heart-breaking search for his son, who has been drawn into the criminal underworld of the city. Cry, the Beloved Country has sold millions of copies around the world. To be continued on the next page