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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1972
  • Latest Book:
    May 2002
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Book List in Order: 12 titles







  • A fable based on the Bible story of the Three Wise Men traces out their individual personalities, exploring their desires, dreams, and motives for following the Star of Bethlehem, and includes the story of a fourth king, Taor...



  • A highly praised novel from the author of Gemini--now in a new paperback editionAn international bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, The Ogre is a masterful tale of innocence, perversion, and obsessio...





  • A highly praised novel—now in a new paperback editionFriday, 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 be...





  • One of France's most important contemporary novelists, Tournier (The Fetishist) ponders a favorite themetwinning and cloningin this story of 15-year-old Idris, an Algerian shepherd lured to the menial workforce of Paris. When a charming blonde touris...







  • Yves Oudalle, one-time captain of a fishing trawler and still in love with the sea, and Nadege, his wife, no longer get on. At a dinner party to announce their separation, each of the guests tells a story which grows more powerful as the night draws ...



  • 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 ar...



  • Michel Tournier's Eleazar, Exodus to the West is a modern successor to two seemingly disparate myths-the biblical adventure of the Exodus and the nineteenth-century myth of the American frontier. The setting is 1845. Eleazar, a Protestant minister, l...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michel Tournier has published 12 books.

Michel Tournier does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Eleazar, Exodus to the West, was published in May 2002.

The first book by Michel Tournier, Friday and Robinson, was published in January 1972.

No. Michel Tournier does not write books in series.