by Yann Martel · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780676973778
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«Life of Pi» is the adventure and fantasy novel by Yann Martel, published by Vintage in paperback (356 pages, in English).
After the sinking of a cargo ship in the Pacific, Pi Patel, a 16-year-old Hindu boy, is left adrift in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. The work combines the struggle to survive at sea with a reflection on faith, memory, and the power of stories.
Winner of the 2002 Booker Prize and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction; also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Awards.
For book clubs and for readers of literary fiction, adventure, and fantasy interested in survival stories 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.
