Alice Munro is a contemporary Canadian writer, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. The story "The Forest", deceptively simple in form and execution, is the first and one of the few of her stories to be translated into Russian. Roy Fowler's existence is inextricably linked to the earth, its natural wealth and bounty. Known in his hometown of Logan (Ontario) as an eccentric and eccentric, he feels himself away from people, alone with the thicket of the forest, which for him is both the source of his daily bread and a source of genuine inspiration. The image of Roy Fowler is associated with the theme of the relationship between man and nature, which is extremely significant for the national identity of Canada, today, as originally, full of acute drama.