by Jean-Christophe Rufin · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422674740
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«El abisinio» is the historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published in 1998 by Ediciones B in hardback (475 pages, in Spanish).
Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young French doctor in Cairo, is chosen to cure the Negus of Abyssinia. The mission is in fact an embassy from Louis XIV to strengthen the French presence in the East. Together with the artist Juremi and a Jesuit, Poncet crosses Egypt and the Ethiopian mountains to Versailles, where his liberal ideas clash with the court.
First instalment of the «The Abyssinian» series, winner of the Prix Goncourt du premier roman and the Prix Méditerranée.
For readers of historical and adventure novels, especially those interested in the 17th century and in the encounter between East and West.
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor, diplomat, historian and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie française.
