by Michel Tournier · Belin - Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782701156361
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«Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage» is the adventure novel by Michel Tournier, published by Belin - Gallimard in paperback (192 pages, in French).
In this version adapted for young readers, Michel Tournier rewrites the story of Robinson Crusoe: the castaway Robinson and his companion Vendredi share an island where order, work and wild nature coexist. It is a fable about friendship and freedom, and their relationship questions the meaning of civilization.
Edition from the Classico Collège collection, with complete text, notes, introduction and dossier by Audrey Fredon.
Intended for secondary school students and young readers approaching classics in French as commented school reading.
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.
