The Howling Miller
A Finnish Literature, Fiction, European Literature book. You've got to know how to howl to give yourself an escape route. Arto Paasilinna,...
When Gunnar Huttunen turns up in a small village to restore a dilapidated mill, its inhabitants are instinctively wary. He's big. He's a bit odd. And he's a stranger. Everyone loves his brilliant animal impressions but these feelings soon sour when he starts to howl wildly at night.And once the mean-spirited, small-minded locals realise Gunnar won't conform, they conclude he must be mad. Hounded from his mill and persecuted for being different, only the love of his life and the local drunk stand by him. Can he survive? And how?
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- Pages: 284 pages
- ISBN: 9781841959566 / 1841959561
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You've got to know how to howl to give yourself an escape route. Arto Paasilinna, The Howling Miller
Gunnar Huttunen moves to a village in Northern Finland, an outsider bringing with him a tragic past and a small complex of eccentricities, including an irresistible need to sometimes howl for long periods during the night. Before very long, the village leaders turn against him and do everything they can to forcibly expel the odd man.... liked this one more than 'the year of the hare', as the main character is better outlined while still misunderstood. loved the ending. no moomins here!so this is a book written in finnish, translated into french and then translated from that into american, so who knows what kind of stew i just read. whatever flavor it was, i liked it, but i can't help but wonder how far removed it was from the original. to complicate things further, to me it feels very eastern european,...
