by André Brink · Saída de Emergência · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896372262
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«Um Instante ao Vento» is the historical novel by André Brink, published by Saída de Emergência in paperback (272 pages, in Portuguese).
In eighteenth-century South Africa, an educated white woman and a fugitive slave find themselves lost in the wilderness. Forced to depend on each other, they undertake a long journey back to civilization and discover an unexpected connection that challenges the social barriers of their time.
The novel was originally published in 1975 under the title «'n Oomblik in die wind»; this Portuguese edition includes a translation by Alberto Simões and was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1976.
For readers of historical fiction and African literature interested in the history and racial relations in colonial South Africa.
André Philippus Brink was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town.
