Life of Pi: A Novel
By Yann Martel Piscine Molitor Patel, otherwise known as Pi, lives in Pondicherry, where his father runs and owns the city’s zoo. When he is sixteen, his parents decide to emigrate to Canada, taking their large family with them, but tragedy strikes when the cargo ship carrying them sinks during a terrible storm. One solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. In it are five survivors: Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of 2002.‘Those who would believe that the art of fiction is moribund let them read Yann Martel with astonishment, delight and gratitude Alberto Manguel
Published Date: 01/01/2002
Format: PaperBack
ISBN: 9780143028482
Publisher: Penguin India
No of Pages: 336
Rating:
price 11 $
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