Talk:A Sport of Nature

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Reception[edit]

The line cited under "reception" isn't from the Nobel prize citation itself, which is much briefer than the text on that page (just ten to twenty words and aiming to sum up the entire literary achievement of the laureate); rather, the essay on the linked page looks like a reworked transcript of the address (the honorary speech) delivered in honour of Gordimer at the Nobel Prize ceremony or the following banquet. It was given by one of the members of the Academy, and indeed by the man who had had a large share in introducing modern South African and Black African writers in Sweden, but it's not the actual citation.

By the way, Wästberg is right that this is likely Gordimer's most hazardous undertaking, and perhaps the one that was most prone to inspire controversy outside of Africa (SA or other African countries), because it aims to predict r/l history (in the future, at the time) while also laying itself open to some plausible charges of glossing over difficulties in order to achieve heroic portraits of the female protagonist Hillela and the president who is clearly intended to be read as Mandela. "Heroic political storytelling", partisan fiction mixed with fairy-tale of this kind is often not seen as okay for a top-rank literary writer in the modern world, and the book must have inspired quite divided responses in its time. The reception section should be carefully expanded. 83.254.150.36 (talk) 08:19, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What nonsense! Hillela marries the President of a fictitious African country - not the President of South Africa. - Sanderson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.111.113.75 (talk) 17:15, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]