{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-hare-9780143117926","title":"The Year of the Hare","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn internationally bestselling comic novel in which a man--with the help of a bunny--suddenly realizes what's important in life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Escapism at its best . . . Just pure fun.\" --NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Which of us has not had that wonderfully seditious idea: to play hooky for a while from life as we know it?\" With these words from his foreword, Pico Iyer puts his finger on the exhilaratingly anarchic appeal of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Hare\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Livingston Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While out on assignment, a journalist hits a hare with his car. This small incident becomes life-changing: he decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering the wilds of Finland--with the bunny as his boon companion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What ensues is a series of comic misadventures, as everywhere they go--whether chased up a tree by dogs, or to a formal state dinner, or in pursuit of a bear across the Finnish border with Russia--they leave mayhem (and laughter ) in their wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArto Paasilinna \u003c\/b\u003e(1942-2018) was born in Lapland, Finland. By turns woodcutter, agricultural laborer, journalist, and poet, he was also an award-winning author of more than thirty novels, all of which have been translated into numerous languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePico Iyer\u003c\/b\u003e (foreword) wrote an essay that became one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' most e-mailed articles, about leaving a life as a successful journalist for a simpler life. He is the author of two novels and numerous nonfiction books about the cultures of the world, including \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Stillness, The Open Road, Autumn Light, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Beginner's Guide to Japan.\u003c\/i\u003e He has never been to Finland except through the pages of this book.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692608819474,"sku":"9780143117926","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7655a404-d7f0-432b-8a7c-c87ba03a195e.jpg?v=1734129325","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-of-the-hare-9780143117926","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}