| The Howling Miller | |
| Title Orig: | Ulvova mylläri |
| Translator: | Will Hobson from the French of Anne Colin du Terrail |
| Author: | Arto Paasilinna |
| Country: | Finland |
| Language: | Finnish |
| Publisher: | WSOY |
| Pub Date: | 1981 |
| English Pub Date: | 2007 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages: | 236 |
The Howling Miller (fi|'''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 Ulvova mylläri (1982) and a French one, Cornélius, le meunier hurlant (2017). It was also adapted as a graphic novel by French comics artist Nicolas Dumontheuil.[1]