About this title: A historical novel of ancient Egypt whose chief character is Sinuhe, the physician. He is a friend to the Pharoah, but ends his days in exile.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GP Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1949-01-01
Description: Fair. 1954 new edition. Binding is tight and square. No DJ. Pages are yellow from age. We recommend PRIORITY mail for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good ++ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner's name on front free end paper. Corners, edges, and ends of spine are lightly rubbed. light stain on cover. Binding is tight. 503pp. read more
Edition: 12th Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam & Sons, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No Jacket. Excellent novel about Sinuhe, a Physician in ancient Egypt. Fanciful account of the Mediterranean of ancient Egypt's 18th Dynasty. Cast of Characters include Akhnaten, Horemheb. Pages lightly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Good resource for wirter to catch the rythym of language used in the story. Narrated as it is by Sinuhe. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good in None jacket. No DJ; Previous owner name inside; Cracked front hinge; Translated by NAOMI WALFORD; Hardcover shows water damage, edge and corner wear; Pages show mold spots, folded corners and binding is loose. "It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world's history: the Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E., when pharaohs and gods contended with the near-collapse of history's greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from ... read more
Edition: Appears to be a First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good None jacket. Tan cloth cover slightly soiled, yellowing of pages, slight bumping of edges, no other markings/rips/tears noted. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1955
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate to heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers scuffed, moderate edge wear/ page edges show aging/ corners and spine creased/ numerious page tips creased read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Fair. No DJ. 12mo = 7-9" 503pp. Translated by Naomi Walford. Cloth covers are soiled, worn on top/bottom of spine, corners are bent, worn. Inside front hinge is cracked and cover is loose. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1965
Description: Acceptable. Acceptable Mass Market Paperback, a lot of cover wear, moderate spine creasing, pages yellowed but clean spine has been taped. read more
Edition: Eleventh Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, NY
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover is bumped, browning, soiled and slightly worn with paper on inside pulling loose from board. Pgs. are clean & tight. read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Tan cloth 5 1/2"x8 1/4"
Publisher: Putnam, New York
Date Published: 1949
Description: Maps on endpapers. VG-, corners/spine ends a little worn, page ends foxed some, DJ Good 503pp. DJ spine ends/corners worn some, 1/4 & 1/2" tear at spine top, spine faded, rubbed some. front free endpaper removed, read more
"Lectura todoterreno: en el Metro, en el baño (no en la ducha, por favor), caminando y cruzando calles. Gané amigos entrañables en Kaptah, Sinuhé y la bella Minea. Es de esos libros que ameritan cederle horas de sueño. Creo, además, que es un buen regalo para inducir a la lectura a los que están a punto de caer en el vicio. Uno de esos libros clásicos que puedes recomendar y jactarte de haber leído y no pasar por petulante intelectualoso"
"An entertaining book that follows the life of Sinuhe, the lowly physician who becomes advisor and physician to his close friend Pharaoh Akhenaton, the abhorrent Pharaoh who tried to convert all of Egypt to monotheism. I greatly enjoyed this book, and it should be fun for all those who just want an engaging story to flip through. It took me a while to get into it, but this is probably because I was reading so many books when I started that I kept forgetting it. Once I got started, I couldn't put it down."
"I have long had an interest in the history of ancient Egypt, particularly the Amarna period when the heretic pharaoh Akhnaton attempted to overthrow the ancient gods of the land and replace them with the One God, Aton. It was a turbulent time when blood often flowed in the streets, a time that was rich in drama on many levels.
"The Egyptian" is set in that period. It is presented as the "autobiography" of the mysterious Sinuhe, a man of uncertain origins who rose from poverty to be the physician to the king.
Before he attained that high position, he traveled throughout the Mediterranean area, to Syria, Mitanni, Babylonia, and Crete. During his travels, he treats the sick and learns form other physicians and his renown grows. He also gathers information for his friend, Horemheb, a commander of Egyptian forces who is preparing them for war even as the pacifist pharaoh decrees peace.
On returning to his city of Thebes, Sinuhe finds the city much changed and a restless spirit among the people. Soon Pharaoh Akhnaton determines to abandon the city which he sees as irredeemably evil and to build his own city of Akhetaton in a new place. This he does and from then on it seems that there is no going back. A tragic sequence of events is set in motion.
This book was published in 1949 and some of the events described are at odds with later archeological findings and interpretations of the history of the period, but it seems very faithful in spirit to the story of Akhnaton. The device that Waltari uses of having Sinuhe narrate the story in somewhat awkward words that might have been taken directly from an ancient papyrus is an effective one. The reader has the sense that she is reading an authentic ancient manuscript.
When the book was first published here, it was branded as obscene. I presume that charge referred to the sex, although more obscene to me were the scenes of violence and the terrible injuries humans inflict on other humans.
Sinuhe's story is a fascinating one. One empathizes with him as a fellow human and feels his pain over the terrible tragedies that he suffers. Always, he is the one who walks alone and stands apart. He is a participant/observer and a faithful chronicler of the period. Waltari creates and brings him to life most vividly."
"I actually read this while I was in Egypt and it made the reading experience even richer. The places he describes really excist even Waltari has never been in Egypt. You could call that good background work.
I'm really into ancient Egypt, so how could I not like this? It's a heavy read, but also rewarding. At times I just couldn't put it down, but other times it caused a lots of trouble to concentrate. Either way, I'm glad I read it."
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