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The Howling Miller

The Howling Miller

by Arto Paasilinna (Author), Arto Paasilinna (Author), Will Hobson (Translator)

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    Paperback 2007

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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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 14 Jun 2007
ISBN 10: 1841959561
ISBN 13: 9781841959566

Media Reviews
Profound fable, enhancing the author's reputation as a wry eco-philosopher . . . Paasilinna's singular vision of freedom and persecution proves beguiling * * Guardian * *
A gem of a novel * * New York Times * *
The Howling Miller has the feel of an ominous Hansel and Gretel-style bedtime story - 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 Passilinna 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.