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.

The Year of the Hare: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Paasilinna, Arto

Dramas & Plays

Penguin??Books

The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare introduces to British readers one of the most successful contemporary Finnish writers. As in Finland, the novel was a runaway best-seller in France, where it became a cult book. A journalist and a photographer set out on an assignment on a lovely sunny evening. As they drive through the country they hit a young hare. Vatanen, the journalist, leaves the car and goes in search of the injured creature. This event is the catalyst for a series of bizarre adventures, which take Vatanen beyond the Arctic Circle and into Soviet Russia. Vatanen, middle-aged, dissatisfied, a 'deceived and deceiving' husband in a childless marriage, sells his yacht for ready cash and escapes his confining life in Helsinke. Accompanied by his friend the hare, he lives on his wits and by doing various manual jobs in the wild, thus gaining a total sense of the freedom he has always craved. His picaresque travels lead eventually to his arrest and imprisonment. But that is not quite the end of the story, to which his encounter with the beguiling Leila brings a final happy twist.

The Year of the Hare (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works)

Peter Owen Ltd

This novel could simply depict a middle-age crisis, but it reaches beyond fantasy or fiction, becoming mythic in its universal themes. The story is inventive, satirical, and quite humorous. It is also refreshingly sentimental, [reaffirming] our connection with the animal world and our inherent need for happiness and freedom to maintain quality of life."" - Booklist. ""His protagonists...are like Vatanen, strong - some very strong - eccentric and often loners. He makes sardonic fun of Finnish bureaucrats, German tourists, the Finnish military and selfish young people.""-New York Times. A journalist and a photographer set out on an assignment on a lovely sunny evening. As they drive through the country they hit a young hare. Vatanen, the journalist, leaves the car and goes in search of the injured creature. The grateful animal adopts Vatanen and together the two scamper through farcical adventures and political scandal.

Literary

When Gunnar Huttunen turns up in a small village to restore its run-down mill, its inhabitants are wary. Gunnar is big. He's a bit odd. And, strangest of all, he howls wildly at night. If Gunnar is different, then he must be mad, the villagers decide. Hounded from his home, he must find a way to survive the wilds of nature and the greater savagery of civilization. The Howling Miller is a dark fairytale of community, conformity and our place in the world.

The Howling Miller (Canons)

Contemporary

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PETITS SUICIDES ENTRE AMIS

Genre Fiction

Фоліо

*** Book in French language ! ***Très bon état, in12 broché, n°4815 , Auteur : PAASILINNA, Arto , Titre : Le bestial serviteur du pasteur Huuskonen , couverture souple, format poche , éditions : Folio de 2008

Le Bestial Serv Du Past Huu (French Edition)

Gallimard]

Le Lievre De Vatanen (French Edition)

Le meunier hurlant

Fils Du Dieu de L Orage (Folio) (French Edition)

Gallimard Education

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