by Michel Tournier · Noguer Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427900950
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After a shipwreck in the Pacific, Robinson Crusoe finds himself alone on a desert island, struggling to survive. The arrival of Friday, a native, transforms his existence, teaching him a new way of life and challenging his prejudices. This youth novel explores themes of friendship, colonialism, and the relationship between man and nature, inviting reflection on civilization and barbarism.
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.
