by Jean-Christophe Rufin · Edições Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724121321
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«O Abissínio» is the historical adventure and romance novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Edições Asa in paperback (464 pages, in Portuguese).
Under the reign of Louis XIV, France sends an embassy to the Negus of Ethiopia. Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young physician from Cairo, becomes the hero of that expedition, in a story of initiatory journey, love, and discovery of a civilization that awakens European ambition.
First part of the series The Abyssinian. Winner of the Prix Goncourt du premier roman and the Prix Méditerranée. The original French title is L'Abyssin; the Portuguese translation is by Isabel St. Aubyn.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction, with a plot of travel, diplomacy, and love set in seventeenth-century Ethiopia.
