Leaf Skirt
by J
About This Novel
"Leaf Skirt" is a novel about female independence and adventure written from a female perspective by Australian writer Patrick White, winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. A sailing ship traveling from Australia to England ran aground on the rocks. Passengers Ellen and her husband survived and drifted to an isolated island isolated from the civilized world. Her husband Austin died in a dispute with the local indigenous people, and Allen became a slave of the indigenous tribe. She climbed trees to catch rats, competed with dogs for food, and even ate human flesh, and was forced to adapt to a barbaric life. Finally, after embarking on an "Adam and Eve"-style escape with white fugitives, Ellen welcomed the dawn of her return to the civilized world. However, being at the crossroads between barbarism and civilization, she didn't know whether she was ready...
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