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Beatrice and Virgil
Yann Martel
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Description for Beatrice and Virgil
Hardback. When a letter from an elderly taxidermist drops onto Henry's doormat it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358. Very good copy in pristine dustwrapper . First edition signed by the Author with neat newsclippings
Fate takes many forms . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847677655
SKU
KEX0303187
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Yann Martel
Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963. After studying philosophy at university, he worked at odd jobs and travelled before turning to writing. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, which was translated into thirty-eight languages. Yann Martel lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Reviews for Beatrice and Virgil
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
The Times on Life of Pi
Ultimately uplifting
Daily Mail on Life of Pi
A terrific book ... fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday Times on Life of Pi
A hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
Daily Telegraph on Life of Pi
This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder . . . this is fiction probing the imaginative realm with scientific exactitude, twisting reality to "bring out its essence"
Guardian on Life of Pi
Audaciously original, never less than engrossing, often disturbing, and in its denouement truly horrifying.
Mick Brown
The Telegraph Magazine
A slim but potent exploration of the nature of survival in the face of evil.
Nina Sankovitch
The Huffington Post
As an elliptical fable, [Beatrice and Virgil] is a model of clarity and dread.
Rosemary Goring
The Herald, Arts Supplement
Somewhere between Beckett and Ionesco...with its textures of genre and allegory, there also comes an explosion of ideas that keep the pages turning...a wild, provocative novel.
Joy Lo Dico
The Independent on Sunday
[Beatrice and Virgil] is elaborately structured, with narratives tucked into other narratives and, in terms of themes, more layers than an Italian wedding cake.
David Robson
Sunday Telegraph, Seven
Quirky.
Vogue
We're gripped...
Stephen Doig
Harper's Bazaar
A masterpiece, no question.
A N Wilson
Readers Digest
A daringly original work.
Psychologies
Never less than powerful and affecting . . . Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence.
Dail Express
Beatrice and Virgil are deeply affecting creations.
Time Out
Fascinating.
Literary Review
Strong stuff.
Hot Press
Beatrice and Vigil is an outstanding intellectual achievement.
The List
An unsettling exploration of the power and difficulty and dangers of storytelling.
Waterstone's Books Quarterly
The Times on Life of Pi
Ultimately uplifting
Daily Mail on Life of Pi
A terrific book ... fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday Times on Life of Pi
A hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
Daily Telegraph on Life of Pi
This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder . . . this is fiction probing the imaginative realm with scientific exactitude, twisting reality to "bring out its essence"
Guardian on Life of Pi
Audaciously original, never less than engrossing, often disturbing, and in its denouement truly horrifying.
Mick Brown
The Telegraph Magazine
A slim but potent exploration of the nature of survival in the face of evil.
Nina Sankovitch
The Huffington Post
As an elliptical fable, [Beatrice and Virgil] is a model of clarity and dread.
Rosemary Goring
The Herald, Arts Supplement
Somewhere between Beckett and Ionesco...with its textures of genre and allegory, there also comes an explosion of ideas that keep the pages turning...a wild, provocative novel.
Joy Lo Dico
The Independent on Sunday
[Beatrice and Virgil] is elaborately structured, with narratives tucked into other narratives and, in terms of themes, more layers than an Italian wedding cake.
David Robson
Sunday Telegraph, Seven
Quirky.
Vogue
We're gripped...
Stephen Doig
Harper's Bazaar
A masterpiece, no question.
A N Wilson
Readers Digest
A daringly original work.
Psychologies
Never less than powerful and affecting . . . Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence.
Dail Express
Beatrice and Virgil are deeply affecting creations.
Time Out
Fascinating.
Literary Review
Strong stuff.
Hot Press
Beatrice and Vigil is an outstanding intellectual achievement.
The List
An unsettling exploration of the power and difficulty and dangers of storytelling.
Waterstone's Books Quarterly