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Turms der Unsterbliche.
by
Mika Waltari
Turms, kuolematon on mystinen ja kiehtova etsijän odysseia Välimeren piiristä vuosilta 520-450 ennen Kristuksen syntymää. Paojon nauttinut, paljon kärsinyt Turms kertoo merkillisestä elämästään. Hän syyllistyy nuoruudessaan rikokseen, jota pakenee Delfoin temppeliin ja persialaissotien meritaisteluihin. Lopulta hän päätyy isiensä kotiin, etruskien kauniiseen maahan, jonka...more
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(first published 1955)
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Another very good book, written in 1956, from Mika Waltari. Although the period of history, roughly the 5th century BCE, is not as significant as the history covered in The Egyptian or The Roman, the book does cover the period of the Persian invasions of Greece, the conflict between the Etruscans and the Romans, and the early rivalry between Carthage and Rome. I like the lead character, a man who does not know his origins and wanders from Ephesus and the other Greek cities to Sicily, and finally...more
I'm not really sure what to think about this book. Don't get me wrong, I liked it but still it is no Sinuhe, which I absolutely love. Maybe it's fault of the translation I read it in, pretty old and with some errors. It just didn't captivate me as the Egyptian. Maybe some day I'll read it in English translation just to compare...
Apr 09, 2011
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I adored this book, which took me by surprise because I never heard of the author at the time, and I was afraid it might be just a potboiler.. But he did such a masterful job of bringing these forgotten people to life that I lived in that world for the while I was reading, and the feeling lingered.
Turms lähtee liikkeelle verkkaiseen tahtiin, kiihtyy mukavasti luettavaksi matkakertomukseksi ja lässähtää kovasti loppua kohden. Parasta antia kirjassa on henkilöhahmojen suuri ristiriitaisuus ja kaksinaamaisuus. Mutta eri valtioiden poliittisen kuviot on kerrottu todella pitkäveteisesti ja miten onkaan Waltari onnistunut tekemään sota- ja taistelukohtauksista näin tylsiä! Parhaimmillaan kirja yltää Sinuhemaiseen aaltoiluun Turmsin onnistumissa/epäonnistumisissa. Vahinko, että hyvä alkuasetelma...more
I was so young when I read it that I remember only some of the characters, but not really what the book was about.
I loved the mystique of gods versus humans, and the story line, but would have liked it better in Finnish I'm sure.
Even though I like Waltari's style of writing and I don't want to compere with the Egyptian, I was missing something in this book. The story and main characters are wonderful, but probably I am just simply disappointed with Turms lack of care towards his personal life in the end. However, it is wonderful reading and I definitely recommend it :)
This is one of those rare special books that you never quite forget
Read it in Finnish a long time ago, instead of English.
I read this in 2012
Ajoittain hyvinkin kiinnostava, mutta vastapainoksi välillä puuduttava ja tietenkin pitkä kuin nälkävuosi. Sen jälkeen, kun kirjan sai loppuun saakka, kokonaisuutena se oli ihan hyvä, mutta jotenkin tuntuu ettei sitä tule kuitenkaan uudestaan luettua (etenkin jos vajaat 700 sivuiseen kirjaan saa uppoamaan pari kuukautta aikaa :P)
I got to page 22. It seems like it is going to be a cross between movie "The Man From Earth" and "Time enough for love" by Heinlein, both of which are great food for the brain.
Outstanding!!!
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Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish historical novelist, best known for his magnum opus The Egyptian.
Waltari was born in Helsinki and lost his father, a Lutheran pastor, at the age of five. As a boy, he witnessed the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki. Later he enrolled in the University of Helsinki as a theology student, according to his mother's wishes, but soon abandoned theology in favour of philosoph...more
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Waltari was born in Helsinki and lost his father, a Lutheran pastor, at the age of five. As a boy, he witnessed the Finnish Civil War in Helsinki. Later he enrolled in the University of Helsinki as a theology student, according to his mother's wishes, but soon abandoned theology in favour of philosoph...more
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