{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140084702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.08w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/1988\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nadine Gordimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44792496980149,"sku":"9780140084702","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_296e3b9b-aa0d-4080-846d-5ddad7505ab0.jpg?v=1731426383","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-sport-of-nature-9780140084702","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}