Suuri illusioni by Mika Waltari

"Suuri illusioni" by Mika Waltari is a novel published in 1928. Written in Paris when Waltari was just nineteen, the story captures the passionate lives of young artists and writers in 1920s Helsinki. When journalist Hart meets the beautiful and alluring Caritas at a salon gathering, he falls instantly in love. But a complicated triangle emerges involving the bitter writer Hellas, leading to emotional turmoil and the shattering of romantic illusions in a world of youthful intensity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Waltari, Mika, 1908-1979
Title Suuri illusioni
Original Publication Porvoo: WSOY, 1928.
Note Wikipedia page on this work: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suuri_illusioni
Credits Tuula Temonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 44.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PH: Language and Literatures: Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literatures
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Journalists -- Fiction
Subject Helsinki (Finland) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 74472
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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