by Yann Martel · Prometheus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789044622294
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«Het leven van Pi» is the novel by Yann Martel, published by Prometheus in paperback (317 pages, in Dutch).
After the shipwreck of the vessel carrying his family and the animals from his zoo, young Piscine Patel, nicknamed Pi, is left adrift on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a Bengal tiger. The novel recounts his struggle to survive and reflects on faith and the relationship between humans and nature.
Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize, originally published in English as 'Life of Pi'. This edition is a translation by Gerda Baardman and Tjadine Stheeman.
It belongs to literary fiction and is a common choice for reading groups, also for those coming to the novel after Ang Lee's film.
Yann Martel, is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. Life of Pi was adapted for a movie of the same name directed by Ang Lee, receiving four Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
