by Michel Tournier · Gallimard (Francés) · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070650644
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«Vendredi ou la vie sauvage» is Michel Tournier's young adult adventure novel, published by Gallimard in paperback (192 pages, in French).
In 1759, Robinson is shipwrecked on a desert island as the sole survivor and must survive in a hostile environment thanks to his ingenuity. His solitary life changes when Friday appears; together they find a new way of living in harmony with nature. The novel is a rewriting of the Robinson Crusoe myth.
Adaptation for young readers of Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique (1967), with illustrations by Jean-Claude Götting, in the Folio Junior Textes classiques collection.
Suitable for young readers and students of French as a foreign language.
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.
