The Year of the Hare
A Novel
An internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man-with the help of a bunny-suddenly realizes what's important in life Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun. -NPR.org 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 The Year of the Hare, a novel in the bestselling tradition of Watership Down, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Life of Pi. While out on assignment, a journalist hits a hare with his car. This small incident becomes life-changing: he decides to quit his job, leav…
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Weitere Autoren: Iyer, Pico
- ISBN: 978-0-14-311792-6
- EAN: 9780143117926
- Produktnummer: 19433491
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D1.7 cm 169 g
- Gewicht: 169
Über den Autor
Arto Paasilinna was born in Lapland, Finland, in 1942. By turns woodcutter, agricultural laborer, journalist, and poet, he is also an award-winning author of more than thirty novels, all of which have been translated into numerous languages. He lives in Helsinki, Finland. Pico Iyer (foreword)’s essay for The New York Times about leaving a life as a successful journalist for a simpler life became one of its most e-mailed articles. Iyer is the author of two novels and numerous nonfiction books about the cultures of the world. He has never been to Finland except through the pages of this book.
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