{"product_id":"n-oomblik-in-die-wind-andre-p-brink-2005","title":"'n Oomblik in die wind by André P. Brink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'n Oomblik in die wind (Sixth Afrikaans Edition, Brink's Booker-Shortlisted Novel)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrink's Landmark Novel of Love Across the Colour Line in the Eighteenth-Century Cape Interior\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e 'n Oomblik in die wind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e André P. Brink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Human \u0026amp; Rousseau, Kaapstad Pretoria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780798145190\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0798145196\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sesde uitgawe (Sixth Edition), 2005. The printing statement records earlier editions of 1975 (Taurus), 1994 (fifth) and 2005 (sixth).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, large softcover (trade paperback) format. The cover shows a bare tree in a field.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback) format, 192 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The illustrated wrappers are clean and bright, with no obvious tears. The spine is straight with no obvious creasing, and the corners are fairly sharp. A slight rub or light mark may be present on the lower left of the back cover, near the publisher's logo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The page block edges are clean and white, with light handling marks to the top edge. The binding is tight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'n Oomblik in die wind is a historical novel set in the Cape colony in the middle of the eighteenth century. Elisabeth Larsson accompanies her Swedish husband on an expedition into the harsh interior. When he disappears into the wilderness, she is left in an unforgiving landscape, where she forms a passionate bond with Adam Mantoor, an escaped slave, and promises to help him gain his freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel is a love story across the colour line, shadowed by betrayal. It uses the relationship between a white woman and a black man to expose the destructiveness of racial hatred, a theme Brink pursued in the same period in Gerugte van reën.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1975 by Taurus, the book was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in its English translation and remains one of the best-known works of Afrikaans literature. This 2005 Human \u0026amp; Rousseau sixth edition is a reading and collecting copy of a landmark Sestiger novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: André P. Brink\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré P. Brink (1935–2015) was a South African novelist, born in Vrede. He taught in the Afrikaans and Dutch department at Rhodes University from 1961 until 1990, and became a professor of English at the University of Cape Town in 1991. He was a leading member of the Sestigers, the movement that reshaped Afrikaans writing in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis novels A Dry White Season (1979) and Gerugte van reën (1978) were both banned in South Africa. Later works include Donkermaan (2000) and Anderkant die stilte (2002). He also produced many translations, mainly from French and English. He died in Amsterdam in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndré P. 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