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His bestknown novel is janiksen vuosi 1975, in english, the year of the hare, 1995 about an urban man escaping the hamster wheel. Arto paasilinna is a finnish writer, born april 20, 1942 in kittila in finnish lapland. She suggested paasilinna s the year of the hare which is apparently a classic in finland, where it was first published in 1975. The year of the hare by arto paasilinna librarything. It has also been translated into italian, german, dutch, greek, hungarian, japanese, swedish and many other languages.
Aug 01, 2006 a longtime bestseller in finland and in france, the year of the hare is arto paasilinna s masterpiece and bestloved of his works. 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 bestseller. What makes the year of the hare so compelling is how paasilinna makes no effort to glorify any of vatanens actions or offer any justifications for what. The year of the hare by arto paasilinna, herbert lomas. This delightful novel tells the story of kaarlo vatanen, a journalist from helsinki traveling in the northern. Read the year of the hare by arto paasilinna available from rakuten kobo. Watership down a novel puffin books book 1 pdf epub download. 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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