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A review by pixiebix
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
4.0
This book is the epitome of sunshine. Just sunshine. Pure joy. I smiled SO much while reading this.
After a man in the corporate world accidentally hits a hare while driving, he chases after it, and thus begins one of the best literary companionships I’ve ever come across. Vatanen (unofficially) quits his job and lacklustre marriage and traverses Finland from top to bottom (well, bottom to top) with his absolutely fucking ADORABLE bunny friend. We (quite literally) hop around from location to location and escapade to escapade, and it’s just the best thing ever.
This is wholesome and heartwarming, and it also offers beautiful commentary on the modern man’s relationship with nature, and the absurd rules we have constructed for ourselves. It is an ode to (mis)adventure and spontaneity. I love love love! The perfect book for me to have spontaneously picked up at the beginning of spring and Easter!
After a man in the corporate world accidentally hits a hare while driving, he chases after it, and thus begins one of the best literary companionships I’ve ever come across. Vatanen (unofficially) quits his job and lacklustre marriage and traverses Finland from top to bottom (well, bottom to top) with his absolutely fucking ADORABLE bunny friend. We (quite literally) hop around from location to location and escapade to escapade, and it’s just the best thing ever.
This is wholesome and heartwarming, and it also offers beautiful commentary on the modern man’s relationship with nature, and the absurd rules we have constructed for ourselves. It is an ode to (mis)adventure and spontaneity. I love love love! The perfect book for me to have spontaneously picked up at the beginning of spring and Easter!