The Siege of Trencher's Farm complex examination of modern-day masculinity and liberal values." "Slant Magazine" found that "Much of the novel's prose reads like a screenplay, with tedious descriptions of props, settings, and physical actions ... tension only really matters if you identify with the characters and care about their predicament, which I found too implausible, fantastic, and crudely sketched to do so." Legal scholar Melanie Williams wrote of how the 1971 film had coloured reception of the book: "The book is now republished by Bloomsbury (2003), with the title "Straw Dogs". This seems particularly sad given that past critical commentary on the book has
The Year of the Hare (novel) which funded the 1995 English translation by Herbert Lomas. It was adapted twice into feature films: a 1977 Finnish film called "The Year of the Hare", and a 2006 French film directed by Marc Rivière called "Le Lièvre de Vatanen". The Year of the Hare (novel) The Year of the Hare () is a 1975 novel by Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. It tells the story of Kaarlo Vatanen, a frustrated journalist, who, after nearly killing a hare with his car, decides to live with the hare in the wilderness. The novel has been translated into 29 languages including English, Bulgarian,