by Jean-Christophe Rufin · ADULTOS ANTIGUO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440699657
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«Las causas perdidas» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Ediciones B in hardback (214 pages, in Spanish).
In 1985, in Asmara (Ethiopia), famine, deportations and political interests strike the civilian population. There, the lives of Hilarion, an elderly Armenian and former arms dealer; of Gregoire, who tries to complete a humanitarian mission; of the representatives of the former Italian colony and of young Esther cross paths. The novel, born from the author's experience with Médecins Sans Frontières, questions European intervention in Africa and the way of silencing its bad conscience.
Translation by Teresa Clavel Lledo; original in French. Part of the Afluentes collection from Ediciones B, published in 2001.
For readers of contemporary fiction with an interest in Africa and in criticism of European humanitarian intervention.
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.
