“I don’t like what I see in society. I don’t think I fit in,” says Christopher Thomas Knight, born in 1965. No address, no car, no tax return. He spent half of his life alone in the woods. Until he was arrested. Journalist Michael Finkel tried to approach the hermit. How did he survive in the woods? And why would a person prefer a life of solitude to community?
“27 Jahre Einsamkeit” (27 Years of Solitude), from Reportagen #36, September 2017
Author: Michael Finkel, Journalist (New York Times, The Atlantic and others)
Performer: Claudius Körber
Staging: Lisa-Katharina Breuer
Followed by a conversation with
Daniel Puntas Bernet
Editor-in-Chief of Reportagen