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.
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- Published
- 1975
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 128-220
- Original Language
- Finnish
- Avg User Rating
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(3.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- A Lebre De Vatanen
- Anul Iepurelui
- Der wunderbare Massenselbstmord
- El año de la liebre
- Jäniksen vuosi
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