by Jean-Christophe Rufin · EDB FICCION · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440684462
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«El abisinio» is the historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin, published by Ediciones B in hardcover (496 pages, in Spanish).
In the 17th century, Jean-Baptiste Poncet, a young French doctor in Cairo, is chosen to cure the Negus of Abyssinia. The mission, secretly sponsored by Louis XIV, takes him through deserts and mountains to the Abyssinian court and then to Versailles. An adventure with political intrigue, cultural clash and a love conditioned by social class.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt for a first novel and the Prix Méditerranée. Originally published in French as L'Abyssin, it belongs to the Historical collection.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction interested in the 17th century, the cultural clash between East and West and court intrigues.
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.
