Deep into the jungle, a young would-be hunter goes after a barking deer until he is stalked by a tiger – and, through the confrontation, finds himself. This powerful novella, written in the late 1980s after years spent in the jungles of Thailand fighting the government of the day, can be read at many levels – adventure story, Buddhist tale, assessment of failed political struggle or psychological search for wisdom. The author, born in 1952 in southern Thailand won the SEA Write Award in 1993 for a collection of short stories.