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The Beggar & the Hare : A Novel by Tuomas Kyro is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Beggar & the Hare : A Novel about?
In the vein of Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Hundred Year Old Man, a hugely entertaining satirical tale, at once humorous and profound, about a Romanian beggar living on the streets of Helsinki. A modern-day rewriting of the popular Finish parable "The Year of the Hare" by Arto Paasilinna Vatanescu, a young Romanian construction worker, desires two things: a future for himself and a pair of football boots for his son. So off he goes to a cold, dark country to beg. Despite reading about Finland in the novels of Arto Paasilinna, Vatanescu has no idea what he is in for, and soon he is living on the streets of Helsinki, throwing feasts from the contents of a dumpster with his fellow beggars. Little does he realize, however, that his employer is about to ruin his bacchanal, and much, much more... As Vatanescu flees from international crime organizations as well as the Finnish police, he finds an unlikely companion: a hare who has been sentenced to death for living within Helsinki's city limits. Together, Vatanescu and his new fellow fugitive set on a journey from Lapland to the National Idea Park construction site, to the upper echelons of Finnish politics. Known for h
Who reads The Beggar & the Hare : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Tuomas Kyro
- Publisher
- Atria Books _ Marble Arch Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781476775371
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (57 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14