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Vendredi Ou Les Limbes Du Pacifique
''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, 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. The book ranks 55th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, a list of the one hundred most memorable books of the 20th century, a poll performed during the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper ''Le Monde''. 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 an "Mapuche, Araucanian" whom he names Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier (; 19 December 1924 − 18 January 2016) 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'' (Beacon Press, 1988). He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography Born in France of parents who met at the Sorbonne while studying German, Tournier spent his youth in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He learned German early, staying each summer in Germany. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and at the university of Tübingen and attended Maurice de Gandillac's course. He wished to teach philosophy at high-school but, like his father, failed to obtain the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |