by Mika Waltari · Orbis. Biblioteca Grandes Exitos · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475304250
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«Sinuhé, el egipcio» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published by Orbis in two hardcover volumes (512 pages, in Spanish).
Sinuhé, a man of mysterious origin, serves as personal physician to Pharaoh Akhenaten. The narrative combines court intrigues, passions, wars, and discoveries; Sinuhé's journey traverses the ancient world, from Babylon to Crete and from Thebes to Jerusalem, and recreates life in Egypt in the 14th century BC.
The 1975 edition belongs to the Biblioteca Grandes Éxitos collection. The original Finnish title is «Sinuhe egyptiläinen» (1945).
The novel is suitable for readers of historical fiction and 20th-century classics, especially those interested in ancient Egypt.
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.
