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Yann Martel - Life of Pi (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years . . . .
. . . there is no use in trying to provide a brief synopsis for this ravishing tale of a young boy from India left adrift in the Pacific in a lifeboat with a tiger who used to reside in his father’s zoo in Pondicherry. There is no use because once you finish the book you might decide that this was not, indeed, what the book was about at all. There is no use because, depending on your philosophical bent, the book will mean something very different to your best friend than it will to you. There is no use because it is nearly impossible to describe what makes this book so grand.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Classics
- Published : 2003 (This Edition 2014 - Scholastic Readers)
- ISBN : 9780857865533
- SKU : B000058
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Read this book . . .
. . . not because it is an exceptional piece of literary talent. It is, of course. But there are many good authors and many good books. While uncommon, they are not endangered. Read this book because in recent memory there have been no stories which make such grand statements with such few elements. As Pi says in his story, “Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.” It is the same with Martel’s undulating fable of a book about a boy in a boat with a tiger.
A simple story with potentially life altering consequences for it’s readers." - Google Review.
"Life of Pi falls into a small group of things that are surprising in their brilliance."
"Life of Pi is astonishing." - Goodreads Reviews.
The Author
Yann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Canadian author best known for 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.
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