num_pages: 250
description: Elisabeth Larsson, a young Swedish woman stranded in the jungle of eighteenth-century Africa, discovers new passions and a distaste for society in the initially discomfitting company of Adam Mantoor, a runaway slave
language: English
title: An Instant in the Wind
titlecomplete: An Instant in the Wind
characters: Elisabeth Larsson, Adam Mantoor
genres: Fiction, Historical, African Literature, South Africa, School, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Africa, Love
ratings_count: 804
places: Cape of Good Hope
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Vintage Books