Arto Paasilinna
Finnish author known for his darkly comic novels about eccentric characters escaping modern Finnish society for wilderness adventures. The Year of the Hare and The Howling Miller are his most celebrated works.
Works
- The Year of the HareComic novel about businessman abandoning city life to live with wild animals
- The Howling MillerPicaresque tale of eccentric miller and surreal Finnish countryside adventures
- A Charming Mass SuicideDark comedy exploring despair and absurdism in human existence
- The Forest of the Hanged Foxes
- Prisoners of the Lake Lagoda