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This book was a rather odd but delightful journey around Finland. I was by turns baffled by the main character Vatanen‘s choices and amused by the resulting events. Compared to much of my reading it was a generally lighter and entertaining read, although Vatanen does make some choices that get him into a some serious scrapes.

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Letter Y

I skipped X because the only books that came to mind were a badly-written mystery & an X-Files novel & no one would benefit from reading either one of those 😂

For Y: a Finnish novel that's full of whimsy & wit, a sequence of adventures, & questions about the meaning of life. As a novel it can on first read come off as lightweight or frivolous, but years later I sometimes still think about it... 🐰

New blog article: https://the-literary-adventures-of-a-french-reader.com/blog/the-year-of-the-hare...

Vatanen is on his way back to Helsinki with a colleague. They hit a hare, stop, and Vatanen walks into the forest looking for the injured animal. Vatanen doesn't answer when his colleague calls for him. Pissed off, his colleague decides to leave him in there. Here begin the extravagant adventures of Vatanen and his hare.

One Hare can change everything.... Very comical story of a man that accidentally hits a hare in the road, and the experience totally changes his life outlook. The book was very entertaining, with some comical moments. Reminded me alot of Into The Wild. Amazing how one animal can influence everyone that it comes in contact with.

Anyone can live this life he reflected provided they had the sense to give up the other life

Started this one yesterday, found the book in a box at a school I do pest control for. Decided to try out the audio

Okay, I might have found my new audiobook “holy grail” thanks to @hes7 ♥️ I was able to find quite a few audiobooks that my library didn‘t have, and they were on sale for $0.99 - $1.99! I‘m also obsessed with the fact that I can alter the speed higher than 2x. That‘s the main thing I miss about hoopla, if I‘m being completely honest. ☺️

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#readingEurope2020 #Finland. I felt like I was reading part fever dream, part fairy tale and part child‘s book. I‘m not certain I liked it. I‘m not certain I didn‘t.

Next up. Looking forward to this one. Translated from Finnish.

This book became my first #beachread here on vacation. It was a sweet and funny little book. Like his other books, this one was also a bit surrealistic. A man leaves his life behind when he saves a hare they accidently run over, and leaves his job and wife behind to seek the calming welfare of the nature. Soon the protagonist and the hare finds themselves in many bisarre situations. An entertaining and quick read. 3.6 ⭐️

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Summer mode reading 🏝☀️😍 Really needed a vacation, and it‘s just lovely here:)

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The Sibelius memorial in Helsinki, the charming capital of Finland. #backpackEurope @JenP @BookwormM

Ironic, sympathetic and surreal. Up and down in Finland, taking a hare for a walk.

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"Come back home immediately!
Vatanen replied: I really thought I would not come back!"

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This sounded like it would be a great romp. Who can't relate to the idea of dropping out of society for a while.
Billed as an international bestseller, my expectations were high. Unfortunately, it was more ridiculous than philosophical. There was a lot of senseless cruelty; I would have dropped it at the halfway mark, but it was so short I finished it just to see what happened to the hare.
Clearly, I missed the point.

Very fun story about Vatanen, a journalist who is in a car rushing to a story and dissatisfied with his life. The car hits a young hare breaking its leg. Vatanen goes into the woods to rescue the hare, his companion drives off and this starts his one year journey traveling Finland with his hare and their odd adventures - forest fires, bears, politics, always with the companionship of the hare- published in 1975 in Finland and a classic. 4⭐️

My next commute listen from Libby app - only 4 1/2 hours and I love listening to Simon Vance narrate anything

The frustrated journalist Vatanen nearly kills a hare with his car. The animal hides wounded in the forest, Vatanen runs after him. The moment he takes the hare in his arms, he decides not to return to his car or life. He leaves the city life and his wife behind and starts a journey through the wilderness of Finland - a country I really want to visit now.
Great story, great ending.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I really enjoyed this book; a short, easy, and fun read. I could relate to Vatanen, Having often dreamt of taking my leave from Society, just as he did! Despite the light hearted, laid back, often hilarious nature of the story, it leaves open a million questions about the nature of humanity, the structure of society & exactly what it means to be a “good” person & it does this without ever actually asking or hinting at its true depths.

This was a gift from a Finnish former boss & I finally got around to it thanks to #LitsyAtoZ. It's a Finnish classic that was published in the 70s. A chance encounter with a wild hare leads a man to adopt it & relinquish his former life. It's a modern pastoral, except man & hare are never free from absurd people or situations. Wry, deadpan Nordic humour that I enjoyed, but not much depth. Still, I found certain scenes very memorable. Unique. 🐇

Up next on Audio!

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When I read this book a few years back, I was looking for a change of pace, and I found it in this charming Scandinavian book, Year of the Hare.

The 1956 photo I'm reposting from Tumblr (because I left home in such haste, I didn't have the chance to take a photo of my book).

Finally got my #LitsyAtoZ books down. Thanks to @BookishMarginalia; a challenge that feels doable and quite exciting, because most of these books are from my shelves.

#awardwinner A best seller in Finland and winner of three international awards. What happens when you leave the standard life (job, possessions, wife) and just live life. "...you have to take some things less seriously than you did, even as you take other things-kindness, possibility, free time-a lot more seriously. All you can do is fix what you can-" -WSJ review. #octphotochallenge #booktober

Having a lovely afternoon in Central Park! Reading about Finnish adventures in the forest and the setting feels perfect. 🐇

Gifts from my Finnish friend! Great short story.

Rapide et cocasse lecture contant le voyage de Vatanen et de son lièvre à travers les forêts finlandaises. Roman aux allures picaresques dépeignant le retour à la nature, la simplicité et la liberté.
Une réserve cependant sur le traitement assez vieillottement sexiste des personnages féminins...