by Mika Waltari · Olivier Orban · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020066877
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«L'Etrusque» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published in the Points collection in paperback (511 pages, in French).
Turms is chosen by the gods to fulfill a mission whose purpose he does not know. After a sacrilegious act, he travels the Mediterranean from Delphi to Rome and Asia Minor; he meets the pirate Dyonisos, the physician Mikon and the priestess Arsinoé. Only at the end will he discover Etruria, his homeland, and the meaning of an initiatory journey of adventure and love in Antiquity.
The original novel 'Turms, kuolematon' (1955) appears here in the translation by Jean-Pierre Carasso, in the Points collection as number R133.
For fans of historical fiction set in Antiquity, especially readers of 'Sinuhé el Egipcio'.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
