Michel Tournier

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Viernes o la vida salvaje/ Friday or Life in the Wilderness

Michel Tournier

Synopsis:
Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Academie Francaise, 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: Softcover - 2008, Softcover - 2007, Softcover - 2007, Softcover - 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, Hardcover - 2002, Softcover - 2002, 2002