Jean-Christophe Rufin (born 28 June 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières and the second youngest member of the Académie française. He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010. His novel Brazil Red won the Prix Goncourt in 2007.
This is an unmissable book . . . a lively story, full of clarity
and amusing anecdotes
*Le Figaro*
A real delight. Rufin is at his very best, blending together the
things he saw, the people and anecdotes, juggling self-mockery and
solemnity in equal measure
*Le Point*
The Académie Française member has produced a fascinating account of
his journey to Santiago de Compostela
*Lire*
Walking in Rufin's company is a joy. There is not a second of
boredom to be had throughout these 900km and 270 pages, during
which we witness his transformation from Académie member and
ambassador to celestial tramp
*L’Express*
Friendly and beguiling ... a masterstroke
*Spectator*
A wonderful piece of writing, full of perception - of landscapes,
people, self - about a journey based on solitude and physical
endeavour into an interior world. There's a good dose of chatty
demystification and anecdotes that make you laugh aloud. But Rufin
can also write in fine lyrical mode, though he never goes on too
long about anything
*Literary Review*
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