u/finassai

I’ve been reading The Year of the Hare by Arto Passilinna. I’m reading it in English because I can’t read a Finnish book yet (but I’m working on that; I can read comics). Vatanen is such an interesting character. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I will not share much about the story. The tragic events in the book remind me a lot of Seven Brothers (another book by a Finnish author that I highly recommend). It’s light and funny. You laugh at the dreadful things that happen in life. Ok, not necessarily laugh, because he is a Finn; however, he just continues with his life. Nothing so sad that you can’t recover—just... misfortunes—I don’t know. Does anyone feel the same? Have you read another book by a Finnish author with a similar vibe?