Friday
| Author | : Michel Tournier |
| Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997-04-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801855926 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801855924 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (924 Downloads) |
Download or read book Friday written by Michel Tournier and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly praised novel—now in a new paperback edition Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française, 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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