The year of the hare : a novel / Arto Paasilinna ; [translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas] ; foreword by Pico Iyer.
- Title
- The year of the hare : a novel / Arto Paasilinna ; [translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas] ; foreword by Pico Iyer.
- Published by
- New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
- Author
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- Description
- xi, 194 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- After his car hits a bunny, which ultimately survives, a man decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering around the countryside of Finland--with the rabbit as his only companion.
- Uniform title
- Jäniksen vuosi. English
- Alternative title
- Jäniksen vuosi.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Humorous fiction
- Contents
- The hare -- Statement of account -- Arrangements -- Grasses -- Arrest -- The district superintendent -- The president -- Forest fire -- In the marsh -- In the church -- Granddad -- Kurko -- The raven -- The sacrificer -- The bear -- The dinner -- The fire -- The Helsinki -- Crapula -- Humiliation -- A visit -- The White Sea -- In government hands.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Note
- "Translation copyright Herbert Lomas, 1995"--T.p. verso.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain