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Offering belief in suffering

Posted in Alan Paton, Belief, Church, Fiction, Love, Novel, Suffering, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Kumalo said, 
…so in my suffering I can believe.
How? In the face of what he had suffered: a child condemned to death, a sister forsaking hope for sin, starvation among his people, how could he believe?
Kindness and love can pay for suffering.
The body of Christ rose up and held his hand, supported his frail body and [...]

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Why else do we live?

Posted in Achebe, Alan Paton, Fiction, God, Novel, Service, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have been beyond impressed by Cry, The Beloved Country. While I enjoyed Things Fall Apart, Achebe does not write with the same passion as Paton. The richness of the plot in Cry, the language, the pace, the emotion all make this a most enjoyable summer read. At the same time, I have been listening [...]

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The power of love

Posted in Alan Paton, Fiction, Love, Novel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I must confess that I was not looking forward to reading Cry, The Beloved Country. After reading Things Fall Apart, which I particularly enjoyed, I didn’t know if Paton’s could live up to Achebe’s. Seven chapters in, I am impressed. Paton does  great job of capturing the emotion of Kumalo’s first visit to Johannesburg. At [...]

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