by Michel Tournier · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429727340
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«El gall fer» is the literary novel by Michel Tournier, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (208 pages, in Catalan).
El gall fer is set against a wartime backdrop and deals with identity, transformation, and the bond between human beings and nature. The novel weaves a plot of metamorphosis with a reflection on the human condition.
Published in 1988, it is part of the El Balancí collection from Edicions 62.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking a narrative with a wartime backdrop, reflection on identity, and careful literary style.
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
