Plessix is best known for The Wind in the Willows. This is his other series. A young single man with a small civil service position, Julien Boisvert is no adventurer. Then one day he decides to leave for Africa. There begins a long search for him: the simplest possible but also the most beautiful, that of yourself. Africa, Europe, America, each step is an opportunity for meetings and experiences that will lead to self-discovery."You know, Mexicans love to make fun of death. They are a natural ... happy." The irony of this statement escapes Julien Boisvert ... Because of the killings spread death in the quiet Mexican village where he lives. Far places associated with painful memories, Julien is trying to rebuild, but the past clings. Between a mystical initiation and sentimental dramas of the eruption, the fate of Julien Boisvert will, again, an unexpected turn.Text in French.