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The Howling Miller (Finnish: Ulvova mylläri) is a 1981 novel by the Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. The protagonist of the story, which is set in Finnish Lapland around 1950, is a man by the name of Gunnar Huttunen, who settles in a small village to mend and run a derelict mill. Huttunen is an enterprising and resourceful man, a hard worker, proudly independent but generally good-natured. However, his peculiar personality, particularly his habit of howling to vent his emotions, turns the intolerant villagers and authorities against him, and he is eventually committed into a mental hospital. After escaping, Huttunen lives as a fugitive in the wilderness, aided by his few friends: his lover Sanelma, the local police constable Portimo, and the postman and moonshiner Piittisjärvi. After a fina

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  • The Howling Miller (en)
  • Il mugnaio urlante (it)
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  • Il mugnaio urlante è un romanzo dello scrittore finlandese Arto Paasilinna. Libro edito nel 1981; in Italia ha la sua prima edizione per Iperborea nel 1997 e per Guanda nel 2003. Nel 2008, Iperborea ha raggiunto la nona edizione. (it)
  • The Howling Miller (Finnish: Ulvova mylläri) is a 1981 novel by the Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. The protagonist of the story, which is set in Finnish Lapland around 1950, is a man by the name of Gunnar Huttunen, who settles in a small village to mend and run a derelict mill. Huttunen is an enterprising and resourceful man, a hard worker, proudly independent but generally good-natured. However, his peculiar personality, particularly his habit of howling to vent his emotions, turns the intolerant villagers and authorities against him, and he is eventually committed into a mental hospital. After escaping, Huttunen lives as a fugitive in the wilderness, aided by his few friends: his lover Sanelma, the local police constable Portimo, and the postman and moonshiner Piittisjärvi. After a fina (en)
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  • The Howling Miller (en)
  • Ulvova mylläri (en)
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  • The Howling Miller (en)
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  • Ulvova mylläri (en)
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  • Will Hobson from the French of Anne Colin du Terrail (en)
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  • The Howling Miller (Finnish: Ulvova mylläri) is a 1981 novel by the Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. The protagonist of the story, which is set in Finnish Lapland around 1950, is a man by the name of Gunnar Huttunen, who settles in a small village to mend and run a derelict mill. Huttunen is an enterprising and resourceful man, a hard worker, proudly independent but generally good-natured. However, his peculiar personality, particularly his habit of howling to vent his emotions, turns the intolerant villagers and authorities against him, and he is eventually committed into a mental hospital. After escaping, Huttunen lives as a fugitive in the wilderness, aided by his few friends: his lover Sanelma, the local police constable Portimo, and the postman and moonshiner Piittisjärvi. After a final confrontation with the law, Huttunen disappears, never to be heard from again. The book has been translated into several languages. It has twice been adapted into a feature film: a Finnish one called (1982) and a French one, Cornélius, le meunier hurlant (2017). (en)
  • Il mugnaio urlante è un romanzo dello scrittore finlandese Arto Paasilinna. Libro edito nel 1981; in Italia ha la sua prima edizione per Iperborea nel 1997 e per Guanda nel 2003. Nel 2008, Iperborea ha raggiunto la nona edizione. (it)
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