The Year of the Hare
| The Year of the Hare | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Arto Paasilinna |
| Original title | Jäniksen vuosi |
| Translator | Herbert Lomas |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
| Publisher | Weilin+Göös |
| Publication date | 1975 |
| Published in English |
March 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 182 |
| ISBN | 951-35-1252-5 |
| OCLC Number | 2195299 |
The Year of the Hare (Finnish: Jäniksen vuosi) is a 1975 novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. It tells the story of Kaarlo Vatanen, a frustrated journalist, who, after nearly killing a hare with his car, decides to live with the hare in the wilderness.
The novel has been translated into over a dozen languages including English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian and Estonian. It is Paasilinna's most widely read work[1] and was included in 1994 in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works which funded the 1995 English translation by Herbert Lomas. It was adapted twice into feature films: a Finnish 1977 film called The Year of the Hare, and a 2006 French film directed by Marc Rivière called Le Lièvre de Vatanen.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Arto Paasilinna, ex Virtual Finland archived at Wayback Machine
[edit] References
- Arto Paasilinna, Herbert Lomas (tr.). The Year of the Hare. ISBN 0720610176 (1995, 1st ed.). ISBN 978-0720612776 (2006, 6th ed.)
[edit] External links
- Reviews
- The Year of the Hare at The New York Times
- The Year of the Hare at World Literature Today (via Article Archives, JavaScript required)
- The Year of the Hare at complete review
- The Year of the Hare at The Literary Traveller
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