He collaborated with Krishna Shah to write the play Sponono. Short stories such as "A Life for Life" and "Debbie Go Home" explore the struggles of people of mixed race, while "The Elephant Shooter" and "The Worst Thing of His Life," which are also found in the collection Tales from a Troubled Land, are vignettes that descri
He collaborated with Krishna Shah to write the play Sponono. Short stories such as "A Life for Life" and "Debbie Go Home" explore the struggles of people of mixed race, while "The Elephant Shooter" and "The Worst Thing of His Life," which are also found in the collection Tales from a Troubled Land, are vignettes that describe the staff of the Diepkloof reformatory. The policeman Pieter van Vlaanderen is highly respected until he has sex with a woman of color in Too Late the Phalarope, and in other works such as Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful he describes the pain of keeping a racially segregated community. Best known for a novel that tells the story of Steven Kumalo, for 10 points, name this South African author of Cry, the Beloved Country.
He collaborated with Krishna Shah to write the play Sponono.
Alan {Paton}