Stranded: Making a Living on a Deserted Island

Name: Stranded: Making a Living on a Deserted Island
Author: Shut the Door and Leave Early

走投无路之荒岛谋生

by Shut the Door and Leave Early (闭门早車)

Status: Completed
Length: 665k Words
Genre: Urban
Subgenre: Urban Farming
Updated: 8mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

This is a very realistic deserted-island survival novel. The protagonist has had a difficult life. He grew up poor and went through a failed business and a broken marriage. Determined to give his parents and children a better life, he takes out a loan and sets off to work as an ocean-going sailor, a dangerous profession. His cargo ship is wrecked at sea, and he is the only survivor. With just a lifeboat and its supplies, he makes fishing tools and gathers fresh water.

After ten grueling days at sea, a storm leaves him stranded on a deserted island. He makes his own tools and gradually builds a comfortable, self-sufficient life using the island's resources. After years of drifting, a research vessel finally arrives. He brings back the wealth he mined on the island and returns to civilization and his family.

Danger lurks at every turn, and the protagonist comes close to death many times. He builds a house, clears land for farming, domesticates animals, makes all kinds of delicious food, seasonings, and everyday tools, discovers gold and diamonds, and faces a volcanic eruption... This book has no golden finger or special modern equipment. Some parts are based on real events. It's pure, arduous survival, with a tightly woven plot and a slow pace.

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荒岛谋生之田园荒岛Alternate title on Fanqie

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