A man, a pig and a goat renounce society and want to live in autarky on a floating island. Not to spoil the end of the story, but at least we can say that these three really try. As the title alludes, the book is not about the challenges of self-sufficiency in the physical sense, but more about the interpersonal.
And here, in terms of boundaries, understanding and forgiveness, there is quite a bit that needs to be clarified. In fact, things develop much more dramatically than expected.