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This was certainly an unusual book. It kind of reminded me of a Wes Anderson film--I experienced it, I had a few laughs, I wondered what just exactly happened??? All in all, it was OK even if the premise is fairly fantastical. Two middle-ages men, a photographer and a journalist, are driving through the countryside one day and hit a young hare. The journalist gets out to examine the victim and discovers that the hare has a broken leg. He wants to splint the leg but the photographer, the driver o
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A charming fable about the restorative nature of a return to the wild. Paasalinna used the picaresque adventures of a man and his faithful hare to criticise modern society. . The protagonist renounces his responsibilities to live a life in the wild. He takes short-term labouring work to survive, but finds the manual jobs fulfilling and his care for the hare purposeful.
A charming fable about the restorative nature of a return to the wild. Paasalinna used the picaresque adventures of a man and his faithful hare to criticise modern society. . The protagonist renounces his responsibilities to live a life in the wild. He takes short-term labouring work to survive, but finds the manual jobs fulfilling and his care for the hare purposeful.
A man's life is changed when the car he is riding in hits a hare by the side of the road. His adventures lead him further and further northward while he is pondering his life.
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