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| Author | Nadine Gordimer |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | David Phillip (SA) Jonathan Cape (UK) Knopf (US) |
| Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | South Africa |
| 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. She travels to Dar es Salaam and Nairobi before returning to South Africa in the final pages as the wife of a fictitious President of Kenya.
Reception
In Gordimer's Nobel Prize citation, "A Sport of Nature" was described as " most hazardous undertaking."
References
- Maureen Howard (3 May 1987). "The Rise of Hillela, The Fall of South Africa". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- Kakutani, Michiko (22 April 1987). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Gray, Paul (6 April 1987). "Books: Life in The Territory of Exile A SPORT OF NATURE". Time. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- Wästberg, Per (26 April 2001). "Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience". nobelprize.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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