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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel

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Awards

Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize
Winner of Canada's 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award
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Synopses & Reviews

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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.
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About the Author

Winner 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.
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lydiav, May 5, 2007 (view all comments by lydiav)
One of my favorite books even though the first 50 pages are slow going. Most people I know couldn't get past the first part of the book but it is well worth it. A boy trapped on a life boat with exotic animals such as a hyena and a tiger. It kept me on the edge of my seat right up til the end.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780151008117
Author:
Martel, Yann
Publisher:
Harcourt
Location:
New York
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Human-animal relationships
Subject:
Ocean travel
Subject:
Orphans
Subject:
Teenage boys
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Pacific ocean
Subject:
Storytelling
Subject:
Tigers
Subject:
Zoo animals
Subject:
Adventure fiction
Subject:
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Edition Number:
1st U.S. ed.
Edition Description:
Lst Us
Series Volume:
1730-2
Publication Date:
20020604
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.30x6.38x1.10 in. 1.35 lbs.
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