A Sport of Nature

A Sport of Nature is a 1987 novel by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer.

A Sport of Nature
First edition (South Africa)
AuthorNadine Gordimer
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDavid Phillip (SA)
Jonathan Cape (UK)
Knopf (US)
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)

Plot

While still a secondary school student, Kim Capran decides to rename herself "Hillela".[1] Hillela joins the ANC, she marries a black man from the congress and has a child with him.[2][3] She travels to Dar es Salaam, Nairobi before returning to South Africa as one of the wives of a fictitious first President of South Africa.[3]

Reception

In Gordimer's Nobel Prize citation, "A Sport of Nature" was described as "[her] most hazardous undertaking."[4]

References
  1. Maureen Howard (May 3, 1987). "The Rise of Hillela, The Fall of South Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Kakutani, Michiko (22 April 1987). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. Gray, Paul (6 April 1987). "Books: Life in The Territory of Exile A SPORT OF NATURE". Time. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  4. Wästberg, Per (26 April 2001). "Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 13 June 2013.


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