Life Of Pi
Published on 5. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-78689-168-6 (ISBN)
Description
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
Reviews / Votes
This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder * * Guardian * * A terrific book . . . Fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore -- MARGARET ATWOOD Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy * * The Times * * Vivid and entrancing * * Sunday Telegraph * * Extraordinary . . . Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life * * New York Times Book Review * * Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality * * Daily Telegraph * * Inventive, shocking and ultimately uplifting * * Daily Mail * * Dramatises and articulates the possibilities of storytelling * * Observer * * A unique and original story, brilliantly told * * Guardian * * Martel's engaging characterisation and vivid description enliven and enrich this dreamy, fantastic tale * * The Times * *More details
Series
Edition
Main - Canons
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canongate Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78689-168-6 (9781786891686)
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Person
Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of Canadian parents. After studying philosophy at university, he travelled and worked at odd jobs before turning to writing. In addition to the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi, which has been translated into over fifty languages and has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide, he is the author of the novels Self, Beatrice and Virgil and The High Mountains of Portugal, the stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and the collection of letters to the Prime Minister of Canada, What is Stephen Harper Reading? He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.