A Sport of Nature
After being abandoned by her mother, Hillela was pushed onto relatives where she was taught social graces. But when she betrayed her position as surrogate daughter, she was cast adrift. Later she fell into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid.
After being abandoned by her mother, Hillela was pushed onto relatives where she was taught social graces. But when she betrayed her position as surrogate daughter, she was cast adrift. Later she fell into a heroic role in the overthrow of apartheid.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140084702 (0140084703)
Publish date: March 1st 1988
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Nobel Prize,
African Literature
A Sport of Nature is a fictional history of the end of Apartheid . It is the story of a white Jewish privileged girl who is abandoned by her parents and brought up by her aunts. She doesn't fit in with her her up tight Aunt Olga or her liberal do gooder ,Aunt, Pauline. At about age 16 or 17 Hillela ...