{"product_id":"a-sport-of-nature-9780140084702","title":"A Sport of Nature","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\".\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844043706642,"sku":"9780140084702","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b4bc524-cbc8-41db-8129-b8ba3088985c.jpg?v=1737308365","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-sport-of-nature-9780140084702","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}