by Jean-Christophe Rufin · Suma de Letras · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466302210
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«El Abisinio» is the historical adventure novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Suma de Letras in paperback (688 pages, in Spanish).
17th century. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young physician from the French colony of Cairo, is chosen to cure the Negus in Abyssinia, on a mission concealing Louis XIV's interests in the East. Accompanied by a liberal artist and a Jesuit, the journey through deserts and mountains ends at Versailles, where his ideology will clash with the court.
Originally published in French as L'Abyssin in 1997, winner of the Prix Goncourt du premier roman and the Prix Méditerranée. First installment of the The Abyssinian series.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction, with an interest in Orientalism and 17th-century Europe.
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.
