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A review by jesskb
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
3.75
This is full of quirky and absurd Finnish humour, telling frankly fantastical tales with deadpan realism, astute detail, and nuanced characters.
A disillusioned man rescues an injured wild hare and walks out on his life - fed up with his job, his wife, and Helsinki city life - and into the Finnish countryside, hare-in-hand. A year of comic misadventures ensue. We meet a wild and expansive cast of strangers, from benevolent souls and sympathetic free spirits to gun-toting priests, cultist thieves, wild bears, and entitled nobility. A mad, entertaining journey of a book.
A disillusioned man rescues an injured wild hare and walks out on his life - fed up with his job, his wife, and Helsinki city life - and into the Finnish countryside, hare-in-hand. A year of comic misadventures ensue. We meet a wild and expansive cast of strangers, from benevolent souls and sympathetic free spirits to gun-toting priests, cultist thieves, wild bears, and entitled nobility. A mad, entertaining journey of a book.