Voss: Patrick White (engl.) 448 S.

Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of a secret passion between an explorer and a naive young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent. As hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of seperation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality.