The Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel

The stranger in the woods.

The stranger in the woods michael finkel.

The stranger in the woods is ultimately a meditation on the pains of social obligation and the longing toward retreat that resides in us all michael harris the globe and mail toronto michael finkel has done something magical with this profound book. Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods is the mesmerizing account of christopher knight s disappearance into maine s forests for 27 years. For reasons knight himself never fully articulates he abandoned civilization for a hermit s life in his early twenties. Michael finkel is the author of true story.

Murder memoir mea culpa which was adapted into a 2015 major motion picture. He has written for national geographic gq rolling stone esquire vanity fair the atlantic and the new york times magazine. He lives in western montana. The stranger in the woods by journalist michael finkel is a 2017 nonfiction book about the north pond hermit who has lived in the maine wilderness alone for 27 years.