Kuolleista herännyt: Seikkailukertomus eli etsijän tarina

In the bustling summer of early twentieth‑century Helsinki, the sprawling harbor throbs with steam‑driven ships and the low toll of funeral bells. Among the dockworkers walks Jönni Lumperi, a weather‑worn laborer who once brushed the edge of death and returned, earning him the moniker “the resurrected” among his peers. He spends his days feeding gulls, musing on mortality, and sharing his grim yet gentle philosophy with the harbor’s rag‑tag children.

His weekly trips to the tavern often end with a scuffle and a drag through the streets by the irascible constable Nuutinen, whose contempt for Jönni is matched only by a grudging admiration. Amid the rivalry, Jönni’s lingering thoughts on his brush with death spark an unexpected yearning for a larger purpose beyond the harbor’s soot‑blackened planks. The tale invites listeners to follow his first steps toward a daring adventure that will test the resolve of a man who has already stared at the abyss and lived to tell the story.