Friday
- By: Michel Tournier
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Literature & Fiction
- Stock Availability: In Stock
- ISBN: 9780801855924
- Total Pages: 240
- Available Book Formats: Paperback
- Year: 1997
JOD 16.80
JOD 28.00
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.