Stranger in the Forest : On Foot Across Borneo

by Eric Hansen

Release Date: 14 November, 2000

Edition: Paperback

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Masterful story telling

I read this unforgettable book several years ago and recommended it to one of the reviewers in your home page! I remember the unusually captivating style that transports you right there in the seething rainforest with Eric, Bok and Weng. His descriptions of the language and culture are accurate and helped me see the linguistic and cultural connections between Borneo and a certain Filipino tribal group (Pampangos) I never realized before. Truly an adventurous experience that I have rarely enjoyed with other books. Eric Hansen is one of very few present day writers that I enjoy. A must read for those who enjoy a break from this concrete jungle and sometimes mean-spirited world we call civilization. That jungle will seem more civilized than some places you've been to in times past.

Little More Than Sensationalist Fiction

I read this book when I was actually in Borneo where I spent over a year, visiting many of the places described in the book.
I found it plainly ridiculous!
The real Borneo is nothing like the "deepest- darkest" fantasy described in this book, nor was it even when those travels were supposedly taking place...
It is amazing that this book got such good marks from other readers and probably the best proof of how many lies one can get away with about places where most readers haven't been. :-)
A more realistic description of the same places on a similar trip could be read in "A Stroll Through Borneo" by James Barclay.