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Synopsis
Suddenly realizing what's important in life (with the help of a bunny), a man quits his job and heads to the countryside in this internationally bestselling comic novel.
"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.
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.
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About the Author
Arto Paasilinna is a Finnish writer, journalist, and comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists in Finland, his works have been translated into over 25 languages. Over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. He is "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland."
Pico Iyer has written nonfiction books on globalism, Japan, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and forgotten places, and novels on Revolutionary Cuba and Islamic mysticism. He regularly writes about literature for The New York Review of Books; about travel for the Financial Times; and about global culture and the news for Time, The New York Times, and magazines around the world.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Finnish
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- PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0720610176
- ISBN 13 9780720610178
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages136
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