{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143117926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arto Paasilinna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150240612533,"sku":"9780143117926","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7c31afae-3797-4c09-962a-532b64cf7889.jpg?v=1696344419","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-year-of-the-hare-9780143117926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}