A Sport of Nature
Encyclopedia
A Sport of Nature is a 1987 novel by 1991 Nobel laureate
Nadine Gordimer
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, she marries a black man from the congress and has a child with him.. She travels to Dar es Salaam
, Nairobi
before returning to South Africa as one of the wives of
a fictitious first President of South Africa
.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".Her writing has long dealt...
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Plot summary
While still a secondary school student, Kim Capran decides to re-name herself "Hillela". Hillela joins the ANCAfrican National Congress
The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...
, she marries a black man from the congress and has a child with him.. She travels to Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...
, Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
before returning to South Africa as one of the wives of
Polygamy
Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...
a fictitious first President of South Africa
President of South Africa
The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under South Africa's Constitution. From 1961 to 1994, the head of state was called the State President....
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Critical reception
- In Gordimer's Nobel Prize citation, "A Sport of Nature" was described as "her most hazardous undertaking."