Gordimer, Nadine

A Sport of Nature

ISBN: 0394548027
New York, NY: First Edition, 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Nadine Gordimer's novels and stories are acclaimed worldwide not only for the exceptional quality of her writing but for her depth of feeling and political insight. Now she breaks new ground both thematically and artistically, giving us a picaresque novel that treats a 20th-century problem of the most profound seriousness and proportions. With bold, ironic sweep, Gordimer portrays a white woman- seductive and intuitively gifted at life- whose astonishing role in the affairs of the Africa to which she belongs no one, not least herself, could have predicted." The popular ninth novel by Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014), the great & prolific award-winning South African writer & anti-apartheid activist. A complicated &, especially for its time, quite daring story in which the main protagonist Hillela's adventures & tribulations are entwined, effected by & in turn effect the painful political & societal upheavals of her nation & the African continent. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $18.95 price printed on front flap, "4/87" on rear flap), first (American) edition as stated on copyright page, published the same year as the first UK edition (1987). An essential & rewarding Gordimer collectible in its rarest original form this side of the pond, as we would say. Book in very fine condition with only very light wear & fading to thin edges & corners of blue-cloth front, back covers & spine; a touch of dulling & minor loss to copper-gilt lettering on spine & front cover; moderate browning & spotting to upper edge of text block; much less to side & lower edges of same (the former untrimmed as issued). Interior very fine with only very slight browning & spotting to blank paste-downs & endpapers; miniscule bleeding of spots noted above onto side edges of a few page leaves; very small, faint creases & tiny bumps at corners of a few of same. Dust jacket fine with light rubbing, browning, scratching & occasional spotting to front, back covers, spine & flaps; a bit of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at thin edges & corners of same. Very Fine / Fine. [Item #4738]

Price: $75.00