· edit data. Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has /5(3K). · Such is the case in Finnish author Arto Paasilinna’s book The Year Of The Hare, published by Penguin Canada. In an almost clinical fashion Paasilinna records one man’s odyssey into exile from society and follows him as he gradually travels further and further away from civilization until he crosses over into neighbouring Russia somewhere. ARTO PAASILINNA was born in Kittila Finland in After a successful, but ultimately meaningless, punt as a journalist, he quit his job and sold his boat to write The Year of the Hare, which has since gone on to become an international www.doorway.ru the early s, he has written a novel a year, in which dissatisfied Fins run for the forests, shaking off their urban shackles in search Reviews:
Arto Tapio Paasilinna (Finnish: [ˈɑrto ˈpɑːsiˌlinːɑ], approximately AR-toh PAH-see-LEEN-nah; 20 April - 15 October ) was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic www.doorway.ru of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million. Paasilinna relates the escapades of un-hero Vatanen (quite different from an anti-hero, in my book) as he drops out of an unsatisfactory midlife in Helsinki. Instead, he saves a wounded wild hare, and the two roam Finland in increasingly erratic and bewildering adventures with bears, WWII materiel, forest fires and Soviet gaol cells. Arto Paasilinna (born ) is one of the most successful writers in Finland. This book, The Year of the Hare is his more popular work having been translated into 18 languages and was selected as UNESCO Collection of Representative works because it represents values of Finnish culture. I bought and read this because this was a book.
The Year of the Hare (Finnish: Jäniksen vuosi) is a picaresque novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. It tells the story of Kaarlo Vatanen, a frustrated journalist, who, after nearly killing a hare with his car, turns away from an unhappy and unwholesome life. Arto Paasilinna (born ) is one of the most successful writers in Finland. This book, The Year of the Hare is his more popular work having been translated into 18 languages and was selected as UNESCO Collection of Representative works because it represents values of Finnish culture. I bought and read this because this was a book. If you are too timid to actually cut all the ties to your 'civilized' life, but still have a yearning to get away from clocks and calendars, Arto Paasilinna's The Year of the Hare provides the perfect escape literature The humor in this book just sneaks up on you.
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