Meri kertoo —

audiobook

Meri kertoo —

by Yrjö Rauanheimo

FI·~2 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

MERI KERTOO —

0:05

SISÄLLYS:

0:11

PASAADITUULESSA

15:51

ELIAS, KOKKI

22:25

KAKSI KAPINAYRITYSTÄ

19:46

MOOSES, LAIVASIKA

7:17

SINISEN JÄRVEN TALO

8:17

KATKERIA MUISTOJA

9:42

MABEL

21:00

"JAMES E. COXIN" HAAKSIRIKKO.

8:14

Description

A lone sailor drifts through a dream‑like seascape, counting the endless tails of distant ships that ripple like silver serpents across the horizon. The prose moves between the quiet rhythm of a creaking mast and the startling brilliance of a sunrise that seems to rise from the very heart of the ocean, inviting readers to linger on the delicate balance between awe and solitude. As the narrator climbs the rigging, the narrative unfurls a gentle meditation on beauty, purpose, and the restless yearning of those who wander the waves.

The book weaves together vivid, almost lyrical sketches of life at sea— from the humble routine of a cook’s kitchen to the whispered legends of shipwrecks and the quiet ache of forgotten memories. Each vignette captures a fragment of maritime existence, offering both the calm of a gentle breeze and the undercurrent of deeper, philosophical currents that pull at the listener’s thoughts long after the tide recedes.

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Details

Language

fi

Duration

~2 hours (122K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Finland: WSOY, 1926.

Credits

Tapio Riikonen

Release date

Mar 26, 2022

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

YR

Yrjö Rauanheimo

1904–1949

A Finnish journalist and novelist whose years at sea gave his fiction a lived-in sense of adventure, danger, and everyday shipboard life. His stories often draw readers into the rough beauty of the ocean and the people who make their lives on it.

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