by Yann Martel · Canongate Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841954257
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«Life of Pi» is the literary fiction novel by Yann Martel, published by Canongate Books Ltd in paperback (432 pages, in English).
Pi, a sixteen-year-old Indian boy, survives the sinking of a cargo ship in the Pacific and is left adrift in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger. A survival adventure that is also a reflection on faith.
Winner of the 2002 Booker Prize, it is Yann Martel's second novel and is considered a modern classic.
A novel for the general public, especially appreciated in book clubs and by readers of contemporary fiction.
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.
