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“He didn’t know where he was going. He had no plan. He just walked into the woods and vanished.” So begins the story of Christopher Knight, who, shortly after his twentieth birthday, parked his car deep in the forest and disappeared from civilization for a quarter of a century. What led him to do it? Why did he want to become “nobody”? And how did the long years spent in the woods change him? Perhaps we shouldn’t ask why someone flees society. Perhaps the real question is why anyone wants to remain in it at all.
Knight didn’t miss human company in the forest. He read books, listened to the radio, and survived by stealing from nearby vacation cabins. He became a legend: the hermit-thief who specialized in canned food, gas canisters, and batteries, but didn’t turn down sweets or eccentric liqueurs either. Some wanted to catch him, others admired his boldness and resilience and tried to help him. Until one day he was indeed caught and charged with more than a thousand burglaries. American author Michael Finkel, in his documentary book The Stranger in the Woods, reconstructs the fascinating years Christopher Knight spent in the wilderness. There, he built his own world, sufficient unto himself. His story is a profound reflection not only on solitude but also on returning to society—a world he had almost completely forgotten how to understand. But can the world understand him?
Details
| Author | Michael Finkel |
| Translator | Martin Kubuš |
| Publication Year | 2020 |
| Page Count | 188 |
| Language | Slovak |
| Binding | Softcover |
