by Michel Tournier · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070513291
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«Vendredi ou la vie sauvage» is the adventure novel by Michel Tournier, published by Editions Gallimard in paperback, 191 pages, in French.
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a desert island and must manage alone until he meets a native he calls Friday. Together they manage to survive in harmony with nature. This youth adaptation of Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique explores solitude, survival and friendship.
Special edition from the Folio Junior collection, based on Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique, original novel from 1971.
Aimed at readers aged 9 to 12; also a common school reading for discovering adventure classics.
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.
