A Sport of Nature

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

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

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 in the final pages as [[Polygamy]the wife of]] a fictitious President of Kenya.[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. ^ a b Gray, Paul (6 April 1987). "Books: Life in The Territory of Exile A SPORT OF NATURE". Time. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. 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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