The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
For fans of Raising Hare: an internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man--with the help of a bunny--suddenly realizes what's important in life"Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun." --NPR.org
"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, a novel in the bestselling tradition of Watership Down, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Life of Pi.
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.
What ensues is a series of comic misadventures, as everywhere they go--whether chased up a tree by dogs, or to a formal state dinner, or in pursuit of a bear across the Finnish border with Russia--they leave mayhem (and laughter!) in their wake.
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 | 9780143117926 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143117920 |
| Title | The Year of the Hare |
| Author | Arto Paasilinna |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2010-12-28 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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