Arto Paasilinna

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April 20, 1942 in Kittilä, Finland

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male

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Humor, Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature

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Arto Tapio Paasilinna is a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's the most successful novelists, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".

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Books by Arto Paasilinna

Average rating: 3.52 · 3,558 ratings · 439 reviews · 45 distinct works

	The Year of the Hare 3.50 avg rating — 1,325 ratings — published 1975 — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Howling Miller 3.78 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Petits Suicides Entre Amis 3.56 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 1990 — 28 editions	My rating:
	La douce empoisonneuse 3.56 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1988 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä 3.73 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Prisonniers du paradis 3.60 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Le Bestial Serviteur Du Pasteur Huuskonen 3.58 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Im Jenseits ist die Hölle los 3.37 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Der Sommer der lachenden Kühe 3.49 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Un homme heureux 3.55 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	My rating:

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“Sometimes conceiving an affection for an animal is easier than for a human.”
― Arto Paasilinna, The Year of the Hare

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“Sometimes life is truly woeful.”
― Arto Paasilinna, The Year of the Hare

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“It is hard to teach an old dog to sit, as well as it is difficult to teach an old Laplandian rafter to swim.”
― Arto Paasilinna, The Year of the Hare

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