A Fringe of Leaves

Name: A Fringe of Leaves
Author: Patrick White

by Patrick White

Novel of a woman's survival after shipwreck on an Australian island

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Patrick White

White was an Australian of English descent who won the Nobel Prize in 1973 for a body of fiction that combined visionary intensity with social satire. His major novels were written in Australia but his education and cultural formation were entirely English.

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