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Arto Paasilinna


Born
in Kittilä, Finland
April 20, 1942

Died
October 15, 2018

Genre
Humor, Literature & Fiction, Outdoors & Nature


Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he 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". ...more

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Average rating: 3.54 · 53,030 ratings · 4,891 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors
The Year of the Hare
3.63 avg rating — 18,183 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions
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Piccoli suicidi tra amici
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3.50 avg rating — 10,850 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions
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The Howling Miller
3.80 avg rating — 3,396 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions
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Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
3.83 avg rating — 2,743 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions
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La Douce empoisonneuse
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3.56 avg rating — 2,727 ratings — published 1988 — 54 editions
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Le Bestial Serviteur du pas...
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3.58 avg rating — 1,352 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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Un uomo felice
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3.61 avg rating — 1,215 ratings — published 1976 — 27 editions
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Il figlio del dio del tuono
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3.57 avg rating — 1,137 ratings — published 1984 — 27 editions
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Prisonniers du paradis
3.44 avg rating — 1,155 ratings — published 1974 — 18 editions
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Lo smemorato di Tapiola
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3.48 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 1991 — 26 editions
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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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“The pronunciation of both Sami and Portuguese languages is strikingly similar: the Portuguese evolved from folksy Latin while the Sami evolved from reindeers' howling.”
― Arto Paasilinna, Petits suicides entre amis
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“You've got to know how to howl to give yourself an escape route.”
― Arto Paasilinna, The Howling Miller
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