Ixopo in southern KwaZulu-Natal became known the world over with the publication in 1948 of Alan Paton’s acclaimed novel Cry, the Beloved Country.
A local community project now combines this literary heritage with a narrow- gauge steam train, the Paton Express, to attract visitors.
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This article first appeared in Village Life.
Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.
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