The 'Rabbit Back Literature Society' of the title is a group that was set up in 1968 by the most famous of the writers from the Finnish town of Rabbit Back, Laura White, author of the internationally acclaimed and popular Creatureville books. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers.
Unexpected, thrilling and absurd, it is primarily an irreverent exploration of the art of writing itself, of how far a tale can credibly stretch." - Catherine Taylor, The Telegraph "This wonderfully knotty novel, the first of its Finnish author’s works to be translated into English, is a peculiar metafiction, a very grown-up fantasy masquerading as quirky fable."It’s hard to convey the peculiar atmosphere of this novel - absurd but believable, sinister but enjoyable, beautiful but disquieting." - Brandon Robshaw, Independent on Sunday."Hints of Let the Right One In and Haruki Murakami’s elliptical early science fiction novels flavour a creepy tale about mutating books, buried secrets and ghostly encounters." - James Lovegrove, Financial Times.Finnish title: Lumikko ja yhdeksän muutaī+ : creative tale of creative tale-telling.La Sociedad Literaria Ojos de Liebre - España La società letteraria di Sella di Lepre - Italia Lauras Verschwinden im Schnee - Deutschland The Rabbit Back Literature Society - Canada General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Rabbit Back Literature Society - Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
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