Normally, when he comes to Paris, Jean-Christophe Rufin rides a bicycle, except when a small health problem forces him to trade his two-wheeler for an electric scooter.
But that day, the downpours that fell on the capital at the beginning of June forced him to come on foot and with an umbrella to his publisher Flammarion in the chic 6th arrondissement, a few meters from the Luxembourg Gardens. .
Humanitarian doctor, historian, member of the French Academy and former ambassador, the writer offered himself four years ago, a small literary snack by creating the character of the consul Aurel Tumescu.
A charming and annoying antihero whose adventures are a hit, like the fifth volume, “Our hostage in Acapulco”, released this spring.
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