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Waltari also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts and rhymed texts for comic strips. First published in the united states in 1949 and widely condemned as obscene, the egyptian outsold every other novel published that year, and remains a classic. Miki waltari deftly uses a prose style evocative of ancient texts that is comparable to naguib mahfouzs work in modern egyptian literature. Free download or read online egyptian sinuhet pdf epub book. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Take a figure from the past and let him always a him unfortunately make his way. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
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Sinuhe the egyptian is the memoirs of a physician who wants to treat the poor but is drawn into politics and warfare, feeling himself fated always to be aloneperhaps because he is a son of a pharaoh cast upon. Unlike mahfouz, waltaris book is the first major novel set in ancient egypt during the 18th dynasty of the new kingdom in 14th century bc the egyptian, comibing history, research and imagination, is a. Just read sinuhe the egyptian by mika waltari and i must. Im such a crazy fan of sinuhe the egyptian that i cry every time the book finishes and then start reading the book again. Nominated for an academy award 1955, best cinematography. The novel is set in egypt during the 18th dynasty when akhenaton, who ruled from 53 to 36 bce, established a new monotheistic cult.
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