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An 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.
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The Year of the Hare, Arto Paasilinna, Pico Iyer
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- The Year of the Hare
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Arto Paasilinna, Pico Iyer
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 194
- ISBN10
- 0143117920
- ISBN13
- 9780143117926
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Adventure, Humor, Animals, Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Fun, Adapted for Film, Marriage, Journey, Police, Loneliness, New Beginning, Journalists, Finnish Literature, Bears, Finland, Quirky, Reporters, Lapland
- First published
- 1975
- Original title
- Jäniksen vuosi
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- An 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.