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The Year of the Hare
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Oct 16, 2017
bookshelves: audio, jgrace, humor, judithg, 20th-century, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, n-simon-vance, read-in-2017, russia, satire, social-commentary, play-book-tag, translated, europe
The Year of the Hare - Paasilinna
Audio performance by Simon Vance
3 stars
This is a comic novel written more than 40 years ago by the Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. The hapless hero Vatanen, leaves his divisive marriage and his pointless journalism job to rescue and befriend an injured hare. He adopts a somewhat nomadic existence that takes him back to the land in various menial jobs. This results in a series of farcical encounters that are told with a dry humor that pokes a satirical finger toward contemporary life and politics.
I enjoyed this book. It gave me a few giggles. I was reminded of Jimmy Stewart and Harvey, one of my favorite classic movies. However, I think some of the humor may have been lost in the translation and with the passage of time.
Audio performance by Simon Vance
3 stars
This is a comic novel written more than 40 years ago by the Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. The hapless hero Vatanen, leaves his divisive marriage and his pointless journalism job to rescue and befriend an injured hare. He adopts a somewhat nomadic existence that takes him back to the land in various menial jobs. This results in a series of farcical encounters that are told with a dry humor that pokes a satirical finger toward contemporary life and politics.
I enjoyed this book. It gave me a few giggles. I was reminded of Jimmy Stewart and Harvey, one of my favorite classic movies. However, I think some of the humor may have been lost in the translation and with the passage of time.
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