{"product_id":"sinouhe-legyptien-tomes-1-et-2-mika-waltari","title":"The Egyptian - Volumes 1 and 2 - Mika Waltari","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(143, 30, 30);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe two complete volumes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(143, 30, 30);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eof Mika Waltari's masterpiece\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(150, 39, 39);\"\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor love of a courtesan, the Egyptian physician Sinuhe sold himself into slavery. He will live an odyssey halfway between myth and reality. A physician, but also a spy for Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, he will travel from Thebes to Babylon, as well as to the mysterious Hittites and the Cretans subjugated by the Minotaur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA prodigious adventure novel that introduces us to the politics, religion, and sciences of the fourteenth century BC, the masterpiece by the great Finnish writer Mika Waltari also invites us to reflect on contemporary man, pleasure, freedom, power, violence, injustice, and everything that shapes our destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(151, 43, 43);\"\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the fourteenth century BC, here is the extraordinary Sinuhe. We follow him through the alleys of Thebes, the dissolute city, to the terrible courtesan Nefernefer who ruins him, in the temple of Amun among the priests, to the pharaoh whose physician he is, among the embalmers among the corpses, to war against the Hittites, in Crete in the labyrinth of the Minotaur where he seeks a young virgin…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligious struggles during Akhenaten's time, crimes, loves, ambitions, intrigues… Sinuhe, weary of the gods and disgusted by men, mixes with the common people and preaches equality, which brings him new misfortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003ePublisher: Folio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e478 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eISBN-13: 978-2070372980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eDimensions: 11 x 2 x 18 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eReference: C46\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe two books, Volume 1 and Volume 2: €6.90\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 37, 142);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(54, 37, 142);\"\u003eMika Waltari was born in Helsinki in 1908, where he died in 1979. A member of the Finnish Academy, he began his career as a novelist at a very young age. A playwright, novelist, and short story writer, he also wrote comedies and numerous detective and adventure novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReference C46\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905006465362,"sku":"C46","price":6.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/4097\/6978\/files\/Image70.jpg?v=1773112196","url":"https:\/\/les-trouvailles-de-geraldine.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/sinouhe-legyptien-tomes-1-et-2-mika-waltari","provider":"Les trouvailles de Géraldine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}