''Friday, or, The Other Island'' (french: Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique) is a 1967 novel by French writer

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'' i ...

. It retells Daniel Defoe's ''

Robinson Crusoe ''Robinson Crusoe'' () is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a tra ...

''. The first edition of the book was published 15 March 1967. It won that year's

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. The book ranks 55th on

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, 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

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and the Paris newspaper ''

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''. 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 "

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" whom he names Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he finally decides not to leave the island, but Friday leaves. In some versions, he leaves the island though.

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1967 French novels Novels by Michel Tournier French philosophical novels Parallel literature Novels set on islands Castaways in fiction Robinson Crusoe {{1960s-philos-novel-stub

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