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The Year of the Hare (Paperback)

by Arto Paasilinna (Author), Herbert Lomas (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 135 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd; 7th Revised edition edition (30 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0720612772
  • ISBN-13: 978-0720612776
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"His protagonists...are like Vatanen, strong - some very strong - eccentric and often loners. He makes sardonic fun of Finnish bureaucrats, German tourists, the Finnish military and selfish young people."


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Vatanen, the journalist is feeling burned out and sick of the city. One summer evening while on assignment his car hits a young hare on a country road. Vatanen leaves the car to save the injured creature. This small incident becomes a turning point in Vatanen's life as he decides to break free from the world's constraints. He quits his job, leaves his wife, sells his possessions to travel the Finnish wilds with his new found friend. Their adventures take in forest fires, pagan sacrifices, military war games, killer bears and much more.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finnish magic, 26 Mar 2009
By Robert Machin (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Beautiful, jewel-like story which somehow creates its own unique world in just 135 generously spaced pages. Moves with great verve from prosaic realism at the start (as Vatanen abandons his bourgeois workaday life and moves increasingly into the wilderness of Finland's icy, forested hinterland) towards a kind of magic at the end as he literally breaks free - with one mighty bound - from the constraints of civilisation. Tempting to talk about 'magic realism' - the thought crossed my mind many times - but it all feels too well grounded, and maybe too funny, for that. Tempting also to call it a kind of fairy tale, but that would suggest a tweeness which the book never has.

The hare itself deserves a mention - a catalyst for Vatanen's change, perhaps a link between the real world and the mystic, but more than that, a real character in its own right for which we quickly share Vatanen's affection. The bear too, and the surprisingly wide cast of supporting characters, are brilliantly drawn.

Like no other book I've ever read, a wonderfully constructed modern fable.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Adventure, 5 Dec 2001
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This review is from: The Year of the Hare (UNESCO collection of representative works) (Paperback)
I have a lot of Finish friends, and one day I asked one of them to recommend me a book written by a Finnish. He told me that I should have bought "The Year of the Hare". I did it and I read it in a very few days from cover to cover. I was living a fantastic adventure in the land of my Finish friends with a fantastic leader. He and his hare took me over a part of the Finish culture and nature, and inspired me to follow my instincs a bit more often. If you haven't read this book yet, what are you waiting for? It's a must in your personal library.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Finnish book, 21 Dec 1998
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This review is from: Le lievre de Vatanen (Hardcover)
I read this book in the italian version.... I think that Paasilinna is one of the best natural Writers in Europe! This book is full of trees, animals, snow, water, Life, it's great......read it!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars If you like hares, read this book
I came across this book quite by chance when I was browsing for books on hares. I have a small obsession with this animal and found the synopsis of the book intriguing and the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by love*to*read

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Suomi.
Although this book is a classic of translated Finnish literature, the English translation did nothing for me. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2006 by p_roux

5.0 out of 5 stars A Feel for Finland
I found that "The Year of the Hare" gave a clear feel of the country and of the people there. Not cumbersome nor wordy, it moved quickly through the tale. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2003 by Pamela F Ryan

5.0 out of 5 stars Get into a Finn's head!
I'd been living in Finland for over I year before I read this book. Having explored a lot of Finnish wilds with my Finnish friends I can tell you that this book is wonderful... Read more
Published on 3 May 2000 by vix06@yahoo.com

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