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Friday

Norman Denny; Michel Tournier

Synopsis:
Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française, is a sly, enchanting retelling of the legend of Robinson Crusoe by the man the New Yorker calls "France's best and probably best-known writer." Cast away on a tropical island, Michel Tournier's god-fearing Crusoe sets out to tame it, to remake it in the image of the civilization he has left behind. Alone and against incredible odds, he almost succeeds. Then a mulatto named Friday appears and teaches Robinson that there are, after all, better things in life than civilization.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1994, Softcover - 1994, Hardcover - 1988, Hardcover - 1984, Softcover - 1982, 1976, 1975, 1973