The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
A burnt-out journalist on assignment in the Finnish countryside hits a hare with his car, leading to a life-changing experience. He decides to leave his job, wife, and mundane life behind to live in the wilderness with the injured hare he has nursed back to health. The story follows his humorous and sometimes philosophical adventures as he adapts to his new life, meeting a variety of eccentric characters along the way.
The 2619th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1975
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 128-220
- Words
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Finnish
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