Michael Jacobs (15 October 1952 – 11 January 2014)[1] was a writer[2] of Irish and Italian ancestry, born in Genoa, with particular interest in travel, the history of art, Spain, Latin America and gastronomy.
His most successful popular work in both English and Spanish has been The Factory of Light: Tales from my Andalucian Village (2004), a true story but with a flavour of the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez.
[citation needed] Jacobs' writing initially specialised in introducing Fine Art to the general reader.
He continued with these works but latterly produced books which capture the day-to-day life especially of Latin countries and relate that to an historical and political context.
[citation needed] He wrote The Factory of Light which is close to the popular current genre of the English emigre setting up home in Southern Europe.