by Michel Tournier · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070307609
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Vendredi ou la vie sauvage is a novel by French author Michel Tournier, published in 1971. It is a youth-oriented adaptation of his 1967 novel, Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique, a rewriting of Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. The story follows Robinson Crusoe, a young Englishman who is shipwrecked on a desert island. There he meets Friday, a Native American whom he saves from being killed by other natives. Robinson teaches Friday the English language and European customs, and together they build a new life on the island. Through their relationship, Tournier explores themes such as civilization, nature, identity, and otherness.
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.
