The Howling Miller (Canons)

The Howling Miller (Canons)

by Arto Paasilinna (Author), WillHobson (Translator)

Synopsis

When Gunnar Huttunen turns up in a small village to restore its run-down mill, its inhabitants are wary. Gunnar is big. He's a bit odd. And, strangest of all, he howls wildly at night. If Gunnar is different, then he must be mad, the villagers decide. Hounded from his home, he must find a way to survive the wilds of nature and the greater savagery of civilization. The Howling Miller is a dark fairytale of community, conformity and our place in the world.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main - Canons Edition
Publisher: Canongate Canons
Published: 02 Feb 2017

ISBN 10: 1782118837
ISBN 13: 9781782118831

Media Reviews
A gem of a novel * * New York Times * *
Profound . . . Paasilinna's singular vision of freedom and persecution proves beguiling * * Guardian * *
Part myth, part fable and part novel - a form that has a funny way of bypassing the head and directly affecting the animal instincts * * Los Angeles Times * *
A literary folk tale . . . Extraordinary * * Times Literary Supplement * *
It's a riotous novel, full of deadpan humour told in a comic style that, as the opening paragraph suggests, comes across like a fable * * booklit.com * *
Author Bio
Arto Paasilinna was born in Lapland in 1942. By turns a woodcutter, agricultural labourer, journalist and poet, he is the author of over twenty novels, all of which have been translated into numerous languages.