Project Gutenberg 2024-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 135 Waltari, Mika 1908 1979 Waltari, Mika Toimi Nauticus Valtari, Mika Korppi, Kristian Suuri illusioni $aPorvoo :$bWSOY, $c1928. Wikipedia page on this work: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suuri_illusioni Tuula Temonen "Suuri illusioni" by Mika Waltari is a novel written in the late 1920s. The story is set in a city filled with vibrant yet unsettling aromas and follows the protagonist's aimless exploration of urban life, encounters with eccentric characters, and reflections on society. The main character, a young man driven by restlessness, finds himself drawn into the lives of women like Caritas and others as he navigates through a night filled with intrigue and complex social dynamics. At the start of the novel, the protagonist arrives in a city engulfed in the contrasting scents of asphalt, dust, and a certain inexplicable urban essence. He meets a journalist, Korte, who introduces him to the mysterious Caritas during a chaotic social gathering. Through a blend of light banter and deeper discussions, the characters reveal their layers, including Caritas' flirtatious and complex persona, which captivates the protagonist. Fluctuating between moments of levity and serious discourse on love, identity, and the superficiality of social roles, the opening presents a vivid tableau of early 20th-century urban life and the psychological struggles of its inhabitants. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240809071829waltari 1928 FI Reading ease score: 44.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Helsinki (Finland) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PH Text 423365 2025-07-29T11:26:36.872633 text/html 423180 2024-12-30T12:50:27.625621 text/html 223248 2025-07-29T11:26:43.532564 application/epub+zip 230180 2025-07-29T11:26:38.780605 application/epub+zip 230180 2025-07-29T11:26:37.585617 application/epub+zip 432036 2025-07-29T11:26:47.234627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408019 2025-07-29T11:26:42.772609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386647 2025-07-29T11:26:36.498590 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 366968 2024-09-24T14:24:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15732 2025-07-29T11:26:47.387555 application/rdf+xml 14188 2025-07-29T11:26:38.132595 image/jpeg 3709 2025-07-29T11:26:37.845598 image/jpeg 223170 2025-07-29T11:26:36.907604 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia