{"product_id":"the-beggar-the-harebooks","title":"The Beggar \u0026 the Hare","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eUnlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Year Old Man,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea hugely entertaining satirical tale, at once humorous and profound, about a Romanian beggar living on the streets of Helsinki.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern-day rewriting of the popular Finish parable \"The Year of the Hare\" by Arto Paasilinna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVatanescu, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite 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…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for his satirical humor and picaresque style, Tuomas Kyro offers an unusual tale in the vein of Jonas Jonasson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred-Year-Old Man \u003c\/i\u003eand Rachel Joyce’s \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e. At once humorous and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar and the Hare \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern tour de force.","brand":"Kyro, Tuomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44168982200544,"sku":"","price":11.39,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c725410d-abb0-4a6e-b769-72b8d3de7a8a.jpg?v=1693935775","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-beggar-the-harebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}