{"product_id":"year-of-the-hare","title":"Year of the Hare","description":"\u003ch1\u003eYear of the Hare\u003c\/h1\u003eArto Paasilinna\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003eDecember 28 2010\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780143117926\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0143117920\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eRaising Hare\u003c\/i\u003e an 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\u003eWhile 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\u003eWhat 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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391738839085,"sku":"WHS-9c7e2182c61a41e5a2585fa7ad7d6057","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_90f97f6e-775d-4864-9092-4511b4a9afae.jpg?v=1787357003","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/year-of-the-hare","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}