The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

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The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna

Suddenly realizing what's important in life (with the help of a bunny), a man quits his job and heads to the countryside in this internationally bestselling comic novel.

Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it? With these words from his foreword, Pico Iyer puts his finger on the exhilaratingly anarchic appeal of The Year of the Hare.

While out on assignment, a journalist hits a hare with his car. This small incident becomes life-changing: he decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering the wilds of Finland-with the bunny as his boon companion.

Arto Paasilinna is a writer whose books have topped bestseller lists for the past two decades. His writings went undetected for a long time by Finland's notoriously hostile literary reviewers, but because to his enormous success, many of them have reconsidered their positions. His works have become not simply bestsellers but also critical successes in France.

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ISBN 13 9780720610178
ISBN 10 0720610176
Title The Year of the Hare
Author Arto Paasilinna
Series Unesco Collection Of Representative Works
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Owen Publishers
Year published 1996-06-01
Number of pages 136
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.