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...ZULU AND THE ZEIDE (247 pp.)- Don Jacobson-Little, Brown...
Inevitably, the clash of races is one of the great themes of 20th century fiction. Almost too familiar by now, the theme often bogs down in sentiment or sociology. One of the few writers who easily rise above these dangers is South African Novelist Dan Jacobson, and he proves it once again in his first volume of short stories. As in his novels (The Trap, A Dance in the Sun), Jacobson's writing is skilled, hard and sun spare. He uses the tensions between Negroes and whites as he would if they were the tensions of love...
...very-bright Negro who tries bumblingly to make a pigeon coop for him; white passers-by discuss irritably what to do with a helplessly drunk white man, unload the problem on two gentle and respectful native policemen. Such cruelty and callousness exist independent of color, but the failings of Jacobson's whites show with merciless clarity against a black background. In the book's best story, a young white South African who has migrated to London anticipates with dread the visit of his countrified mother. It is even worse than he expects; she is a liberal...
...fourth quarter, the 5 ft. 11 in. Miss Fogarty fouled out for overguarding. Lacking height and experience without the captain, guards Brenda Baird, Nancy Jacobson, and substitute Judy Friend failed to halt the high-pressure B.C. forwards, who went on to score nine points...
Director Ingmar Bergman has succeeded in giving Smiles of a Summer Night a gay, satirical flavour which at times is all that saves it, for not all the characters act as well as Ulla Jacobson and Harriet Anderson look. What is most disappointing is Bergman's failure to make the most of his material, since many tiresome moments could be redeemed with more candid photography. The best performances are given by Bjornstrand and by Naima Wifstrand, who plays an aged courtesan with charm and familiarity...