The Wind in the Willows childhood in Ardrishaig. There is a proposal that the idea for the story arose when its author saw a water vole beside the River Pang in Berkshire, southern England. A 29 hectare extension to the nature reserve at Moor Copse, near Tidmarsh Berkshire, was acquired in January 2007 by the Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Wildlife Trust. The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England. The novel is notable for its
An Instant in the Wind An Instant in the Wind An Instant in the Wind is a 1975 novel by André Brink which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Set in 1751, the novel focuses on the relationship of a white woman and a black slave. "Kirkus Reviews" describes the novel as beginning with conflict, but quickly descending into "sensual, cerebral dialogues on love and personhood." Because Brinks's 1973 novel "Looking on Darkness" was banned by the Apartheid government, the novel was initially published privately for subscribers only. Reviewing the novel in 1976, "Kirkus Reviews" described the novel as a success, writing that "Even