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Description for Life Of Pi
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
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 one character puts it, make you believe in God.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841953922
SKU
KSS0007963
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Yann Martel
Yann Martel was born in Spain but currently lives in Montreal. He is the hugely acclaimed author of Self, a novel, and of the story collection The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios. Yann's delight of a novel, Life of Pi, is his third book and was the winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2002.
Reviews for Life Of Pi
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
The Times
A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday Times
A unique and original story, brilliantly told
Guardian
Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
Daily Telegraph
Ultimately uplifting
Daily Mail
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
Martel's engaging characterization and vivid description enliven and enrich this dreamy, fantastic tale
The Times
Its appeal has endured, with a worldwide 'readalong' of the book next month and a moniker as a 'modern classic' to boot. The moniker, in this instance, is utterly deserved . . . Pi is bewitching, the tale both nihilistic and naive, philosophical and playful, deeply moving while always treading the line clear of schmalz
Arifa Akbar
Independent
Martel has a warm way of engaging with the reader
Robert Burdock
RobAroundBooks.com
The Times
A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday Times
A unique and original story, brilliantly told
Guardian
Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
Daily Telegraph
Ultimately uplifting
Daily Mail
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
Martel's engaging characterization and vivid description enliven and enrich this dreamy, fantastic tale
The Times
Its appeal has endured, with a worldwide 'readalong' of the book next month and a moniker as a 'modern classic' to boot. The moniker, in this instance, is utterly deserved . . . Pi is bewitching, the tale both nihilistic and naive, philosophical and playful, deeply moving while always treading the line clear of schmalz
Arifa Akbar
Independent
Martel has a warm way of engaging with the reader
Robert Burdock
RobAroundBooks.com