The heart of the world

Well, well, the author of The Abyssinian, subscribed to spy cobblestones and adventure starts for the first time in news writing. Knowing the man and his work, is expected to travel far and exotic surf between worldview. True and false, both. If several stories transport us to the four corners of the world: Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Mozambique ... Rufin focuses primarily on the characters, at the option of deeply human stories that reveal faults, longings and hopes who do not want to die. In these Seven Stories that come from far, necessarily unequal interest, the best, by far, is the latest and least spectacular of all, which takes place in a Corail train between Paris and Luxembourg. A dialogue between two strangers, the outline of a league and a very nice conclusion to touch the heart and have fun at the same time. But the real surprise of this news, it is the author's style. Freed from anonymous efficiency of its best sellers, Rufin allowed to drift his pen in both the comical irony, tinted fantasy or poetry on the occasion. Where we discover, almost surprised that the successful novelist, too, is a subtle and delicate writer.