A Sport of Nature
 First edition (South Africa) | |
| Author | Nadine Gordimer |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
David Phillip (SA) Jonathan Cape (UK) Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Media type | Print (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". Hillela joins the ANC, she marries a black man from the congress and has a child with him.[1][2] 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.[2]
Reception
In Gordimer's Nobel Prize citation, "A Sport of Nature" was described as "[her] most hazardous undertaking."[3]
References
- ↑ Kakutani, Michiko (22 April 1987). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- 1 2 Gray, Paul (6 April 1987). "Books: Life in The Territory of Exile A SPORT OF NATURE". Time. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Wästberg, Per (26 April 2001). "Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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