Language: Swedish
I believe in sleeping outside, surrounded by straight fir trees, darkness and cold. Lie on your back and look up at the stars, watch your breath spread like a thin cloud before your eyes. Something happens when you are surrounded by a room that is infinite.
Twenty years ago, Markus Torgeby moved to a cabin in the wilderness of Jämtland. There he lived for four years in harmony with nature. Today he, his wife Frida and their three children live in a house he built himself near the place where he once survived on oatmeal, stream water and the forest's pantry. Nature is their living room and behind the knot is the old hut where you sleep when the spirit strikes. In the beautiful four-color book Sleeping Outside, Markus tells about his and his family's outdoor life and how it helped them to live a balanced life. The book is also peppered with solid advice: Why is reindeer skin better than sleeping pads? What is the fastest way to dry a pair of wet socks? Which type of grass is gentlest on the tail when you shit in the green? Sleeping outside is an everyday philosophical source of inspiration for both experienced adventurers and those getting ready for their first forest excursion. Sova ute is currently about to be published by publishers in over ten countries. Markus Torgeby's first book, the autobiography The Runner's Heart, has sold nearly 50,000 copies in Sweden. Frida Torgeby, designer and photographer, is responsible for photography and illustrations in Sova ute.
»You don't have to live in the wilderness to appreciate practical advice on building your own outdoor bed, making a fire, drying wet socks and other things. The level really suits everyone. And the biggest takeaway is probably the self-experienced story about the healing power of nature.« The magazine Sweden's Nature about Sova ute
Product information
Author: Markus Torgeby
Illustrator: Frida Torgeby
Designers: Jenni Carström & Frida Torgeby
Photographer: Frida Torgeby
Editor: Mattias Göransson
ISBN: 9789185279616
Language: Swedish
Weight: 740 grams
Released: 2019
Publisher: Offside Press
Pages: 186