Instant In The Wind

Jan 30, 2026 10:40 AM

Author:André Brink

Instant In The Wind

In early 1749 a white woman and a black man are stranded in the wilderness of the South African interior. She is an educated woman, totally helpless in the wilds. He is a runaway slave. They know only each other. At first their relationship is guarded, poisoned by the black and white in them both. But hesitantly there emerges between them a fellowship that engulfs their most private selves, as they face the long trek back to civilisation.

Reviews

This is an emotional read about likeable people and I raced through it ... a fascinating meditation on change and the importance of taking responsibility for one's happiness.

—— Daily Mail

The author deals with gritty issues in a fun, light-hearted writing style that makes her books such a pleasure to read

—— Sun

The author deals with gritty issues on a fun, light-hearted writing style that makes her books always such a pleasure to read

—— Sun

Big cast, big characters and jokes-a-plenty, it puts Asplin straight up there with Carl Hiaason and Mr Elton

—— Emlyn Rees, co-author of Come Together & Love Lives

Extremely funny

—— Observer

Exhibits extraordinary originality

—— John Bayley , Independent

Saramago can transform banal sentiments into unexpected profundities

—— David McAllister , TLS

Earle seems to have little trouble expanding his range from a three-minute song to a 300-page narrative... And though the novel comes no closer to establishing the facts of Hank Williams's death, it certainly reveals a good deal of truth behind it

—— Alfred Hickling , Guardian

A witty, heartfelt story of hope, forgiveness and redemption

—— Booklist

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