Cover of Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique (Folio Series Number 959)
Read Time: ~5.3 hr

Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique (Folio Series Number 959)

by illustrations de Gérard Franquin (1998)

About this book

Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Academie Francaise, 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.

Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreVendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique (Folio Series Number 959) Lead Character

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