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Life of Pi : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel.

Martel, Yann. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307363053 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780676973778 :
  • ISBN: 0676973779 :
  • Physical Description: xi, 356 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2002, c2001.
Subject: Storytelling > Fiction.
Tigers > Fiction.
Zoo animals > Fiction.
Ocean travel > Fiction.
Pacific Ocean > Fiction.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Pacific Ocean > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Canadian fiction.

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