Dan Jacobson je prozaik, poviedkar, kritik a esejista, ktorého rané diela sa zameriavali na juhoafrické témy. Neskôr sa jeho tvorba rozšírila o fantasy, fiktívne spracovanie historických udalostí, pamäti, kritické eseje a cestopisy. Jeho štýl je charakteristický hlbokým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky a spoločenských otázok, často s nádychom irónie a intelektuálnej bystrosti. Jacobsonovo dielo skúma témy identity, pamäti a stretu kultúr, pričom si zachováva jedinečnú naratívnu silu a precízny jazyk.
The memoir explores the aftermath of Rabbi Heshel Melamed's death, which allowed his family to escape Lithuania. His grandson's journey to the country post-Communism serves as a reflection on the interplay of secularism, religion, and familial ties. Through his personal narrative, he engages with the shadows of history while seeking moments of light and understanding, creating a philosophical tableau that intertwines past and present.
Celia Dinan died some two hundred years ago – back in the twenty-first century. As her life is rediscovered it becomes apparent that she is the author of a powerful and passionate tale – a tale which only she could have written but which 'everywoman' will painfully acknowledge as her own.