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Life of Piby Yann Martel
AwardsWinner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize
Winner of Canada's 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true? Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. Review:"[Life of Pi] could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life." (Gary Krist, The New York Times Book Review, Jul 7 2002 )Review:"If this century produces a classic work of survival literature, Martel is surely a contender." (Charlotte Innes, The Nation, Aug 19 2002 )Review:"If this century produces a classic work of survival literature, Martel is surelly a contender."(Charlotte Innes,The Nation,08/19/2002) Review:"Beautifully fantastical and spirited."(Suzy Hansen,Salon,08/01/2002) Review:"Martel displays the clever voice and tremendous storytelling skills of an emerging master." (Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Apr 8 2002 )Synopsis:This brilliant fabulist novel combines the delight of Kipling's Just So Stories with the metaphysical adventure of Jonah and the Whale. About the AuthorWinner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Yann Martel, the son of diplomats, was born in Spain in 1963. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska, and Canada and as an adult has spent time in Iran, Turkey, and India. After studying philosophy in college, he worked at various odd jobs until he began earning his living as a writer at the age of twenty-seven. He lives in Montreal. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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