Michel Tournier

Jean and Paul are identical twins. Outsiders, even their parents, cannot tell them apart, and call them Jean-Paul. The mysterious bond between them excludes all others; they speak their own language; they are one perfectly harmonious unit; they are, in all innocence, lovers.For Paul, this unity is paradise, but as …

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 …

Il re degli ontani è un romanzo del 1970 dello scrittore francese Michel Tournier; racconta la storia di un uomo che recluta ragazzini per diventare nazisti, nella convinzione di proteggerli. Pubblicato dall'editore Gallimard ottenne quello stesso anno il Premio Goncourt.