{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-hare-arto-paasilinna-9780143117926","title":"The Year of the Hare","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man--with the help of a bunny--suddenly realizes what's important in life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun.\" --NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Livingston Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arto Paasilinna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143117920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011","brand":"Arto Paasilinna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993931481343,"sku":"9780143117926","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73e79a6a-330b-4dd0-a776-fadfa9793ed1.jpg?v=1683327139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-the-hare-arto-paasilinna-9780143117926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}