‘The Stranger in the Woods’ Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Self-awareness is subjugated to the author's fascination with his muse in this telling of a modern-day hermit.
michael finkel
Detachment and Re-attachment: The Mind of a Hermit No More
Christopher Knight disappeared into the woods at the age of 20 and returned at 47 without a masterpiece, without a testimony of life’s greater purpose, without anything profound to convey.