ALAN PATON - Kontakion For You Departed

London England, Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0224617168 Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Kontakion Foe You Departed. Slight foxing to edge. Couple of coffe cup marks to D/J. Browning to D/J. Shelf wear to edges of D/J. The author of Cry, the Beloved Country has written this book both as a tribute to his wife, who died 1967, and as an account of his remarkable professional and political life as one of the leading liberal progressives in South Africa. As well as being the intimate, moving record of a long and loving relationship, this book is a portrait of a courageous, loyal and exubernat woman, and a testimony to Alan Paton's own dedicated struggle for equity and enlightenment in his 'beloved country'. 142 pp.