Victor

a novel based on the life of the Savage of Aveyron

by Mordicai Gerstein

1998 272 pages eng

This book is based on the true story about a boy eleven or twelve who runs naked in the woods-even in the snow and has long hair and is covered in filth and eats nothing but nuts, berries and acorns and cannot speak. Some villagers claime he is deaf and try to capture him and the feral boy is taken …