Download or read book An Instant in the Wind written by André Brink and published by Vintage Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.