Description for Life of Pi
Paperback. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as ... Read more
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841952833
SKU
KJE0003231
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Yann Martel
Besides Life of Pi, Yann Martel is the author of a collection of short stories, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, a novel, Self, and a forthcoming collection of letters to the Prime Minister of Canada, What is Stephen Harper Reading? Life of Pi is being adapted to the screen by Ang Lee. Yann Martel's next book will be ... Read more
Reviews for Life of Pi
Yann Martel is a vivid and entrancing story-teller.
Sunday Telegraph
An inventive, shocking and ultimately uplifting story.
Daily Mail
In its subject and its style, this enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder: a willed innocence that produces a fresh, sideways look at our habitual assumptions, about religious ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
An inventive, shocking and ultimately uplifting story.
Daily Mail
In its subject and its style, this enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder: a willed innocence that produces a fresh, sideways look at our habitual assumptions, about religious ... Read more