num_pages: 341
description: Follows the story of Hillela, a white South African woman, from her self-absorbed adolescence in Johannesburg to her years as the wife of the black president of one of Africa's most progressive nations
language: English
title: A Sport of Nature
titlecomplete: A Sport of Nature
genres: Contemporary, Novels, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Africa, Romance, Nobel Prize, South Africa, Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 629
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
publisher: Knopf