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The Price of Diamonds

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  • In Dan Jacobson

    …in the Sun (1956), and The Price of Diamonds (1957)—form a complex mosaic that provides a peculiarly incisive view of racially divided South African society. Much of his best work was in his short stories, especially in the collections The Zulu and the Zeide (1959) and Beggar My Neighbour (1964).

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