Michael Tournier’s The Four Wise Men for Grown-Up and for Kids A Christmas Fairy Tale?

The history of the Magi has inspired many creators in the field of the arts. The writer Michael Tournier, nourished at the same time by his reading of the Bible and by Western and Eastern myths and legends, has conceived a narrative inspired by it. We shall try to analyze this updated version for young people, we shall ask in particular if the writer’s goal is limited exclusively to the realization of a wonderful Christmas story for a children’s audience.