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Originally published 15 March 1967 | 3.8/5 Goodreads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Similar Michel Tournier books, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday, or, The Other Island (French: Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique) is a 1967 novel by French writer Michel Tournier. It retells Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The first edition of the book was published 15 March 1967. It won that year's Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
In 1971, Tournier rewrote the book, adapting it for younger readers, under the title Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage.
Plot
The young Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a desert island that he names Speranza (Hope). Crusoe tries to civilize and control the nature of the island, but is redeemed by the appearance of "Araucanian" whom he names as Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he finally does not want to return from the island, while Friday does.