by Michel Tournier · Edicións Xerais · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497827737
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«Venres ou a vida salvaxe» is Michel Tournier's adventure novel, published by Edicións Xerais in hardcover (184 pages, in Galician).
A rewriting of the Robinson myth: Robinson, a castaway who reproduces the patterns of civilized life on a desert island, discovers he has much to learn from Venres, the «savage» who reaches him. The novel questions cultural superiority and addresses racism and the tension between industrialized countries and the third world.
Part of the Xabaril collection of children's and young adult literature. Translated from the French by Gustavo Luca de Tena; original title: «Vendredi ou la vie sauvage».
For readers aged 12 and up, with a taste for adventure narratives and recreations of the Robinson myth.
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.
