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The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

by Paasilinna, Arto

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1805330357
ISBN 13
9781805330356
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Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Faber & Faber | 2023 | Mass Market Paperback | 144 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: A delightfully witty and mordant modern classic from Finland: the story of a journalist who befriends an injured hare and embarks into the Finnish wilderness Kaarlo Vatanen is fed up with his life. He's sick of his job, his wife, his urban lifestyle in Helsinki. But all this changes one warm summer's evening, when he encounters an injured hare on a deserted country road. On an impulse he can't fully explain, Vatanen abruptly abandons his car, his home, his wife and his job to chase the hare into the forest. A year of comic misadventures ensues, where Vatanen and his unlikely companion battle through forest fires, pagan sacrifices, military war games and encounters with murderous bears, kept afloat by the help and understanding of other sympathetic free spirits. A much-loved classic in Finland, The Year of the Hare is a freewheeling adventure through the Finnish countryside, and a witty portrayal of one man's long detour from conventional living. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.

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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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Title
The Year of the Hare
Author
Paasilinna, Arto
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1805330357
ISBN 13
9781805330356
Keywords
hare, journalist, wilderness, misadventures, countryside

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