It seemed part fable, part drunken frenzy and part walden pond. Meet arto paasilinna, a novelist of the picaresque who has been amusing finns for 30 years and, later, other readers in the 25 languages into which his works have been translated. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Books by arto paasilinna author of the year of the hare. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the year of the hare. Buy the year of the hare by arto paasilinna, herbert lomas from waterstones today.
The year of the hare is a book by the finnish author arto paasilinna. The book is about a journalist vatanen, who finds a hare in the forest. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. A novel kindle edition by paasilinna, arto, iyer, pico, herbert lomas. An internationally bestselling comic novel in which a manwith the help of a bunnysuddenly realizes whats important in life escapism. This novel could simply depict a middleage crisis, but it reaches beyond fantasy or fiction, becoming mythic in its universal themes. The year of the hare is not a boring book and you can read it in an afternoon or two and its pleasant and has some undercurrent of swirling meaning that is more than apparent. The year of the hare is arto paasilinnas masterpiece and bestloved of his works. The year of the hare by arto paasilinna, herbert lomas. A skewed and skewering look at finland the new york times. It tells the story of kaarlo vatanen, a frustrated journalist, who, after nearly killing. Arto paasilinna has 61 books on goodreads with 47758 ratings. Arto paasilinna s novel the year of the hare doesnt really break any new literary ground, but i enjoyed it overall and found the tale to be amusing.
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