by Michel Tournier · Gallimard Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070577064
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«Vendredi ou la vie sauvage» is the adventure novel by Michel Tournier, published by Gallimard Editions in paperback (170 pages, in French).
Robinson, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, is left alone on a desert island and must survive with ingenuity, perseverance and courage. When he thinks he has been abandoned, he finds a man he calls Friday; with him he will discover a new life in harmony with nature and a story of friendship and freedom.
The work is a juvenile version of «Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique», originally published in 1971. This edition belongs to the Folio Junior collection.
Suitable for young readers and school reading (ages 10-15), and also for students of French; it is a classic of French juvenile literature.
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.
