How long does it take to read The Year of the Hare?
Arto Paasilinna
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna takes about 3 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 195 pages, about 53,625 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After his car hits a bunny, which ultimately survives, a man decides to quit his job, leave his wife, sell his possessions, and spend a year wandering around the countryside of Finland--with the rabbit as his only companion.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Finland, fiction, Human-animal relationships, Rabbits, Fiction, Voyages
