{"title":"Arto Paasilinna","description":"Arto Paasilinna (1942-2018) was born in Lapland, Finland. By turns woodcutter, agricultural laborer, journalist, and poet, he was also an award-winning author of more than thirty novels, all of which have been translated into numerous languages.","products":[{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-hare-paperback","title":"The Year of the Hare - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man--with the help of a bunny--suddenly realizes what's important in life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun.\" --NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it?\" With these words from his foreword, Pico Iyer puts his finger on the exhilaratingly anarchic appeal of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Livingston Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While out on assignment, a journalist hits a hare with his car. This small incident becomes life-changing: he decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering the wilds of Finland--with the bunny as his boon companion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What ensues is a series of comic misadventures, as everywhere they go--whether chased up a tree by dogs, or to a formal state dinner, or in pursuit of a bear across the Finnish border with Russia--they leave mayhem (and laughter ) in their wake.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104882299103,"sku":"9780143117926","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rEvllvmGi09780143117926.webp?v=1781111517"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/arto-paasilinna.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}