Friday, or, The Other Island "Araucanian" whom he names as Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he finally does not want to return from the island, while Friday does. Friday, or, The Other Island Friday, or, The Other Island () is a 1967 novel by French writer Michel Tournier. It retells 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. In 1971, Tournier rewrote the book, adapting it for younger readers, under the title "Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage". The young
The Island of Ham The Island of Ham The Island of Ham is a semi-fictional location which is a central location in the plot of the novel "The Book of Dave" by Will Self. Set in a flooded future Britain, the Island of Ham is what remains of Hampstead. The island in the novel, is inspired by the hilltop town of Hampstead in London and its famous parkland Hampstead Heath. In the book, Self describes a future England which has been inundated with rising seas, leaving Hampstead as the only remaining part of London. The inhabitants of this area, unaware that the drowned city