The Year of the Hare

After his car hits a bunny, which ultimately survives, a man decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering around the countryside of Finland--with the rabbit as his only companion.

Set in

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  Lapland · Finland

  journalist wandering Finnish wilds
  ★ primary
• Helsinki · Finland

  journey starting point
• Heinola · Finland

  town where Vatanen and his colleague are driving from when they hit the hare, opening the novel