Michel Tournier is not only one of the top five French prose writers, but over the past thirty years he has been the most widely read contemporary writer - a living classic. In the book “Friday, or Pacific Limb,” Tournier turns to a plot that immortalized another writer, Daniel Defoe. However, passed through the prism of modern philosophy, this plot is not just turned upside down, but turns into a kind of literary constructor, from which an attentive reader can build his own version of the famous novel. The novel is based on the life and amazing adventures of Robinson Crusoe. The reliably built sailing ship Virginia goes to the bottom, never reaching the shores of the distant New World. Twenty-two-year-old poor Robinson finds himself in complete solitude on a desert island... He tries to turn his forced refuge into a miniature semblance of the civilization he knew before. But life is full of surprises. The island civilization will perish, and Friday, who just yesterday was Robinson's servant, will become his teacher and friend....