The Year of the Hare

Author(s): Arto Paasilinna

Fiction

Vatanen, the journalist is feeling burned out and sick of the city. One summer evening while on assignment his car hits a young hare on a country road. Vatanen leaves the car to save the injured creature. This small incident becomes a turning point in Vatanen's life as he decides to break free from the world's constraints. He quits his job, leaves his wife, sells his possessions to travel the Finnish wilds with his new found friend. Their adventures take in forest fires, pagan sacrifices, military war games, killer bears and much more.

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"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."

General Fields

  • : 9780720612776
  • : Peter Owen Limited
  • : Peter Owen Limited
  • : 0.159
  • : May 2006
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Arto Paasilinna
  • : Paperback
  • : 7th Revised edition
  • : 894/.54133
  • : 140