text: In a novel by this author, the protagonist has an affair with a French academic named Bernard before returning home, where her father had been a prominent communist.
full_question: In a novel by this author, the protagonist has an affair with a French academic named Bernard before returning home, where her father had been a prominent communist. A man discovers his son Terry is gay in a novel by this author, in which Jacobus discovers a corpse on Mehring's farm. The title character of a novel by this author drives a truck called a "bakkie" in his native village, where Bamford and Maureen Smales are staying to escape the rebellion in Johannesburg. That book by this author of Burger's Daughter and The Conservationist was banned during apartheid. For 10 points, name this South African author of July's People.
first_sentence: In a novel by this author, the protagonist has an affair with a French academic named Bernard before returning home, where her father had been a prominent communist.
raw_answer: Nadine Gordimer