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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Mika Waltari
- First published
- 1949
- Pages
- 508
- Publisher
- Berkley Pub Group (Mm), Chicago Review Press, G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780425037218
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First sentence
“I, SINUHE, the son of Senmut and of his wife Kipa, write this.”
About Mika Waltari · 1908–1979
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. - Wikipedia
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