Deer Man

Delorme, Geoffroy

£16.99

This text tells the story of Geoffroy Delorme, an accomplished photographer, lecturer and nature lover, who, recalling a chance meeting with a young roe deer in his youth, decides to change his life. He casts his metropolitan world behind and relocates to the sumptuous national forest of Louviers, Normandy to live with the deer and immerse himself in the wilderness for seven years. Alone in the forest with no tent, no shelter and not even a sleeping bag or blanket is an exercise in pure survival, and so Geoffroy follows the deer’s behaviour closely. He adapts to their way of life, learns to eat and sleep among them, and acquires a unique understanding of these extraordinary creatures. Over time he befriends the deer and becomes part of a wild animal family with which he shares moments of joy, sorrow and even fear.Deer Man is a fascinating and spellbinding account of the ancient quest to reconnect with the natural world.

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Publish Date: 14/04/2022
ISBN: 9781408714805 Category: Tag:

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‘Haunting, remarkable and ultimately very moving’ Sunday Times

The astonishing, true account of one man’s quest to immerse himself in nature and live with wild deer for seven years.

Geoffroy Delorme never felt he fitted into the human world. As a boy, he dreamed of transforming himself into a fox so he could escape to the forest. As he got older, he would disappear into the woods, drawn to the rhythms of animal life and away from the rules of a society he did not understand. One night, an encounter with a deer changed his life: from then on, he knew he wanted to live among them.

In Deer Man, Delorme describes becoming a creature of the forest, working to blend in with the deer, not disrupt them, and living without a tent or sleeping bag. Slowly, the deer allow Delorme into their world. He witnesses births and deaths, loves and battles, ostracism and friendship over the cycles of their lives.

Above all, he experiences the beauty, pain, fear, and joy of a life lived within nature, not separate from it.
In his seventh year in the forest, Delorme meets a woman walking through the trees. He knows he can stay in the forest and die with his friends – or he can leave, and speak their truth to a human world that desperately needs to hear it.

Additional information

Weight 400 g
Dimensions 218 × 142 × 28 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

208

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

599.659 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K