Fighting between Catholics and Protestants, followers of opposition between civilization and nature lovers, the gap between military and lower world mobsters: this historical novel while bipolarity has difficulty civilized pole (in the the occurrence French) to settle on the yet civilized pole of our earth (Brazil). Readers travel with the different characters in search of one who will bring order in this brutal world and transcend the various antagonisms. According to individual stories, the history of France Antarctica reveals the difficulty of the different characters to live in harmony, be it because of religious belief, the clash of civilizations or, more basely, by personal interests. Disappointed by other Goncourt Prize (The Kindly Ones, wandering Shadows), I have a lot of fun to read a second time this magnificent novel that takes us through the beautiful and frightening landscapes of the human soul and the jungle Brazilian.
