Ah, but Your Land Is Beautiful
First US edition (publ. Scribner) | |
| Author | Alan Paton |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Scribner (US) |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Pages | 271 |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-006478-0 |
| OCLC | 20717293 |
Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful (1981) is the third and final novel by South African author Alan Paton. Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful is set in the 1950s, after apartheid was established in postwar South Africa. The historical novel explores fictional characters interacting with historical figures working to resist these laws.
Paton's previous novel, Too Late the Phalarope was published twenty-eight years earlier in 1953. Paton originally conceived of the book as the first part of a trilogy.
The novel was first published by Jonathan Cape in 1981.