{"product_id":"a-sport-of-nature-paperback","title":"A Sport of Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A moving, powerful book that, in a career rich with distinguished works, could well be considered her masterpiece.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHillela is Nadine Gordimer's \"sport of nature\" a spontaneous mutation, a new type of untainted person, she is seductive and intuitively gifted for life. \u003ci\u003eA Sport of Nature \u003c\/i\u003eis the bold, sweeping story of her rise from obscurity to an unpredictable kind of political power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandoned by her mother, Hillela is left to be raised by her two aunts in South Africa. At Olga's she might have acquired a taste for antiques and a style of dress to please a suitable husband. At Pauline's she might have developed a social conscience. But Hillela's betrayal of her position as a surrogate daughter so shocks both families that at seventeen she is cast adrift. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSwiftly and perilously, her life opens out. She lives as a footloose girl among political exiles on a beach in East Africa, drifting between jobs and lovers, and finally becomes the wife of a black revolutionary. Personal tragedy is ultimately the catalyst for her political development, leading her into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the largest, most reverberant work of fiction we have had yet from one of the world's master novelists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer \u003c\/b\u003e(1923-2014) Born in Springs, South Africa, she was the author of fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Guest of Honour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conservationist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBurger's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJuly's People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sport of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Son's Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNone to Accompany Me\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fictio was published in eleven collections including \u003ci\u003eJump\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Haven't You Written: Selected Stories 1950-1972\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Gesture\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOn the Mines\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Black Interpreters\u003c\/i\u003e. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognized as a writer \"who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit to humanity\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.75 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758589182240,"sku":"9780140084702","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bead8130a849ba02e443ee874bf448b4_45e84c6d-96ed-4d6f-87ef-8a4e29b17cd3.webp?v=1780129941","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-sport-of-nature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}