by Yann Martel · Vintage Canada · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780307363053
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«Life of Pi (Movie Tie-in Edition)» is the adventure and fantasy novel by Yann Martel, published by Vintage Canada in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Pi Patel grows up in India practicing Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. After the shipwreck of the ship on which he emigrates with his family, he is left adrift in a lifeboat with Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger. For 227 days, his struggle to survive becomes a tale about faith, hope and the limits of reality.
The novel won the Booker Prize in 2002. This 'Movie Tie-in' edition was published in October 2012 with a cover alluding to the movie.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of literary and adventure fiction, with elements of magical realism.
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.
