About the book
Set in ancient Egypt, chiefly in the years when Akhenaten was pharaoh, Mika Waltari's historical novel is narrated by Sinuhe, a royal physician recalling his life from exile in old age. Found as a baby in a reed boat on the Nile, Sinuhe is raised in a poor district of Thebes and follows his adoptive father into medicine. Waltari wrote it in Finnish in about three months, and it became an international bestseller after the war. So far it is the only Finnish novel to become a Hollywood film.
everydayCheck founder Joan Boixados named it the book he most enjoyed reading, a Catalan translation he took up on his mother's recommendation and loved for its sense of adventure and freedom.
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Joan Boixados (Founder/everydayCheck)
The book I enjoyed more to read was The Egyptian by Mika Waltari. Unfortunately, I couldn’t read it in its original version, suomi, but the translation into catalan was brilliant. Besides the fact that it was my mum’s recommendation, I am sure I enjoyed it because of its sense of adventure, open-mindedness and ultimately, freedom.
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