by Arto Paasilinna · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070401109
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«La Forêt des renards pendus» is the comic novel by Arto Paasilinna, published by Gallimard in paperback (216 pages, in French).
The novel follows a war veteran who, after winning the lottery, buys a forest in Lapland and settles there to live in contact with nature and far from civilization. In his retreat, the veteran encounters colorful characters and comic situations that serve as a critique of modern society and a reflection on the search for happiness.
The work was originally published in Finnish as «Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä» (1983) and this French edition, translated by Anne Colin du Terrail, appeared in 1996 in the Folio collection.
For readers who enjoy Nordic humor comedy and stories set in Lapland landscapes, as well as followers of Finnish narrative.
Arto Tapio Paasilinna was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists, he won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland".
