Paul and Virginia among cannibals?

Jean Christophe Rufin avoided, thanks to his talent, the pitfall of a kind of remake of Paul and Virginie among cannibals! And there was the effect ability to keep awake the reader's interest for 500 pages. As part of the action is a island off the coast of Brésil.L'intrigue, fortunately, is in the eventful history of the Renaissance, the appeal of the Grand Large and fortunes between religions. The characters are just caricatures, JC Rufin does not lace. We find the same romantic strings already mentioned by aileurs: shift, love, scenery. The reader, however, will retain first Red Brazil, how men can be perverted by religious clashes. This problem seems to be recurrent in the author. After the quarrels between the Jesuits and the Capuchins of the Abyssinian, Jean Christophe Rufin bears interest by those opposed Catholics and Protestants.Que conclude? A well written book, an original subject, sustained steady rhythm. A good novel in short? Yes, but not great!