Download or read book Philida written by André Philippus Brink and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon there must come a day when I can say for myself: This and that I shall do, this and that I shall not. Philida is the mother of four children by Francois Brink, the son of her master. The year is 1832 and the Cape is rife with rumours about the liberation of the slaves.