by Arto Paasilinna · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789176089118
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«Harens år» is the humorous novel by Arto Paasilinna, published by Brombergs in paperback (190 pages, in Swedish).
The journalist Vatanen runs over a hare, saves it and decides to abandon his city life to travel with it through Finland. Amid absurd situations and encounters with eccentric characters, the pair live an adventure that celebrates freedom against convention.
Work originally published in Finnish as «Jäniksen vuosi» (1975). Winner of the Giuseppe Acerbi Prize (1994).
For readers of Nordic fiction and intelligent humour who enjoy stories about nature and freedom.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
