The novel “The Pharaoh” tells about Ancient Egypt, whose problems long ago became part of history, yet fit better than anything else for investigating eternal questions: the goals of human existence, the role of chance in history, the conflict of interests between an individual and the state, love and friendship…
At the center of the work is the struggle for power between the young pharaoh Ramses XIII and the mighty caste of priests. Excerpts from authentic Ancient Egyptian texts stand alongside deliberately modernized realities of life in that distant past.