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The Year of the Hare

(1995)
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Vatanen, the journalist is feeling burned out and sick of the city. One summer evening while on assignment his car hits a young hare on a country road. Vatanen leaves the car to save the injured creature. This small incident becomes a turning point in Vatanen's life as he decides to break free from the world's constraints. He quits his job, leaves his wife, sells his possessions to travel the Finnish wilds with his new found friend. Their adventures take in forest fires, pagan sacrifices, military war games, killer bears and much more.


Genre: General Fiction

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"I love The Year of the Hare. . . Which of us wouldn't secretly want to live in a novel as fresh and as full of events as this one?" - Pico Iyer


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