I just finished reading a classic among classics that I recommend if you want to understand the delicate question of the role of each community in the South African company BEFORE the brutal regime of apartheid :
' Cry, the Beloved Country ' by Alan Paton (1948 - 230 pages)
Minimum level required: B1 + (to determine your level of reading, see to the pages of June 09 of this blog)
May suit a young player (14-15 years)
May suit a young player (14-15 years)
It is indeed a basic book (which is also often the literature curriculum in English schools) to understand complicated relationships and not necessarily antagonistic to the black population and the various white communities on the eve of the election of DF Malan, whose party will implement apartheid.
An interest of this novel is to share with us the lives of two men who are total opposites but yet to understand and respect each other. Another is to avoid the usual cliches about South Africa (which are the good ones are the bad guys) to finally get the reader to the heart of the identity of this complex country.
Reading is often facilitated by a large number of dialogues and descriptions of actions. The characters are easy to recognize and often endearing.
A difficulty noted, however: the author uses multiple narrators and some pages are sometimes complicated to understand because we do not know immediately who is speaking. Finally, some passages are more of a moving poetic prose, which is another reason to dive.
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