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''Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful'' is the third novel of Alan Paton, the South African author who is best known for writing ''Cry, the Beloved Country''. ''Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful'' is an anti-apartheid novel, in a similar vein to ''Cry, the Beloved Country''. It is a fictional reworking of Paton's own years working as a political activist and of the experience he gained working as the president of the South African Liberal Party. In the foreword, Paton describes how the book contains both real and fictitious characters, but that two of the real characters were still alive at the time of his writing. They were Helen Joseph and Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, both of whom gave permission for Paton to introduce them, without sight of the text. Other real characters, who were dead at the time of publication, were Albert Lutuli, Dr. Monty Naicker, Patrick Duncan, Advocate Donald Barkly Molteno and Archbishop Geoffrey Clayton. He also describes the novel as set in the years 1952 to 1958.〔''Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful'', Alan Paton, Penguin Books, 1983, ISBN 978-0-14-006478-0〕 ==Plot summary== The novel has multiple storylines that alternate one another, all reminiscent of the true-life experiences faced by Alan Paton and his political colleagues in resisting National Party rule in South Africa during the 1950s. The book is divided into six parts: Part One: The Defiance Campaign Part Two: The Cleft Stick Part Three: Come Back, Africa Part Four: Death of a Traitor Part Five: The Holy Church of Zion Part Six: Into the Golden Age It was originally conceived as the first part of a trilogy.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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