by Yann Martel · Harcourt · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780156027328
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«Life of Pi» is the novel by Yann Martel, published by Harcourt in paperback (326 pages, in English).
The ship on which he travels with his family sinks; Pi Patel is left adrift in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. To survive 227 days in the Pacific, he must coexist with the tiger, in a tale about faith, instinct, and the power of stories.
Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and finalist for the Governor General's Literary Awards in 2001; the novel was originally published in 2001 and this Harcourt edition came out in 2003.
Suitable for book clubs and for those who enjoy adventure novels and magical realism with a philosophical undertone.
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.
