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Dan Jacobson

BritishMarch 7, 1929 – June 12, 2014Colonial Fiction

Jacobson was a South African-born Jewish British writer whose early novels of South African life are distinguished works of colonial fiction. The Evidence of Love is his most celebrated early novel.

Works

  • The TrapNovel about an intellectual trapped in confined circumstances in South Africa→
  • A Dance in the SunNovel exploring interracial love and colonial society tensions in South Africa→
  • The Evidence of LoveNovel of marital infidelity and moral reckoning set in South African context→
  • The BeginnersNovel about ordinary people navigating love and loss in South African landscape→
  • The Price of DiamondsNovel of diamond industry, wealth, and ambition in South African industrial society→

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