by Yann Martel · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423335121
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«Vida de Pi» is the adventure novel by Yann Martel, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Pi Patel grows up in Pondicherry, where his family runs a zoo. When they decide to emigrate to Canada, the ship sinks and the young man is left adrift in a lifeboat in the Pacific with a Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. Living with the beast becomes a challenge of survival, ingenuity and faith.
The novel, originally published as Life of Pi in 2001, won the 2002 Booker Prize. This Spanish edition from 2003, in the Áncora & Delfin collection, is a translation by Bianca Southwood.
Aimed at readers of adventure novels and contemporary fiction interested in survival stories and reflections on faith.
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.
