{"product_id":"sport-of-nature","title":"Sport of Nature","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSport of Nature\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNadine Gordimer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780140084702\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1988\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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 \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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Sport of Nature | Nadine Gordimer | Paperback | 9780140084702 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks H 1769163","offer_id":49518105198744,"sku":"1769163","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61PpiuWYnlL.jpg?v=1784619107","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/sport-of-nature","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}