Synopsis
The French conquest of Brazil is one of the most extraordinary and least-known episodes of the Renaissance.
BRAZIL RED tells the story of two children, Just and Colombe, who are dragged along on a French colonizing expedition to be used as interpreters with the native tribes. Written in the ironic style of Voltaire, BRAZIL RED follows the destinies and decisions of the two children as they embark upon the journey of their lives amid the jungles of the Bay of Rio.
On a deeper level, however, the book presents two conflicting views about man and nature. On the one hand, there is European civilization, conquering and universal, offering liberation but delivering death. And on the other, there is the world of the Indians, with its sensuality, its harmony, its sense of the sacred, its continual call to happiness . . .
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About the Author
Jean-Christopher Rufin's The Abyssinian won France's Prix Mediterranée and Prix Goncourt for best first novel. A doctor and founder of the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization Medicins Sans Frontieres, Rufin has journeyed to many war-torn regions to administer aid, including Bosnia and Rwanda. He lives in France.
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