Arto Paasilinna

thumb|right|Arto Paasilinna in October 2007 (aged 65) at the Helsinki Book Fair Arto Tapio Paasilinna (20 April 1942 – 15 October 2018) was a Finnish writer and novelist. Paasilinna is mostly known for his 1975 novel The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi). Quotes The Year of the Hare (1975) Paasilinna, Arto (1975); Lomas, Herbert (trans., 1995). The Year of the Hare. Penguin Books. ISBN 1-101-46979-X. ... it was sometimes easier to get attached to an animal than to a person. Ch. 1: The Hare, p. 15 Anyone could live this life, he reflected, provided they had the sense to give up the other way of life. Ch. 8: Forest Fire, p. 57 That evening, when Vatanen slowly skied back from Vittumainen Ghyll to Läähkimä Gorge, accompanied by his hare, he ceased to think about Kaartinen’s strange world. There was a half moon, and the stars were glimmering faintly in the frozen evening. He had his own world, this one, and it was fine to be here, living alone, in his own way. The hare ambled silently along the trail ahead of the skier, like a pathfinder. Vatanen sang to it. Ch. 14: The Sacrificer, p. 120 External links Category:1942 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Novelists from Finland