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The Year of the Hare (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143117926)
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xAn 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.
Author: Arto Paasilinna
ISBN-10: 0143117920
ISBN-13: 9780143117926
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/08/2010
Library Journal 11/15/2010 pg. 61
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
BookPage 01/01/2011
"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.
Author: Arto Paasilinna
ISBN-10: 0143117920
ISBN-13: 9780143117926
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2010
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/08/2010
Library Journal 11/15/2010 pg. 61
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
BookPage 01/01/2011
By Arto Paasilinna
xArto Paasilinna (1942-2018) was born in Lapland, Finland. By turns woodcutter, agricultural laborer, journalist, and poet, he was also an award-winning author of more than thirty novels, all of which have been translated into numerous languages. Pico Iyer (foreword) wrote an essay that became one of The New York Times' most e-mailed articles, about leaving a life as a successful journalist for a simpler life. He is the author of two novels and numerous nonfiction books about the cultures of the world, including The Art of Stillness, The Open Road, Autumn Light, and A Beginner's Guide to Japan. He has never been to Finland except through the pages of this book.
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