Life Of Pi: Winner of the Man Booker Prize

Yann MartelS Imaginative And Unforgettable Life Of Pi Is A Magical Reading Experience, An Endless Blue Expanse Of Storytelling About Adventure, Survival, And Ultimately, Faith. The Precocious Son Of A Zookeeper, 16YearOld Pi Patel Is Raised In Pondicherry, India, Where He Tries On Various Faiths For Size, Attracting Religions The Way A Dog Attracts Fleas. Planning A Move To Canada, His Father Packs Up The Family And Their Menagerie And They Hitch A Ride On An Enormous Freighter. After A Harrowing Shipwreck, Pi Finds Himself Adrift In The Pacific Ocean, Trapped On A 26Foot Lifeboat With A Wounded Zebra, A Spotted Hyena, A Seasick Orangutan, And A 450Pound Bengal Tiger Named Richard Parker (His Head Was The Size And Color Of The Lifebuoy, With Teeth). It Sounds Like A Colorful Setup, But These Wild Beasts DonT Burst Into Song As If CoStarring In An Anthropomorphized Disney Feature. After Much Gore And Infighting, Pi And Richard Parker Remain The BoatS Sole Passengers, Drifting For 227 Days Through SharkInfested Waters While Fighting Hunger, The Elements, And An Overactive Imagination. In Rich, Hallucinatory Passages, Pi Recounts The Harrowing Journey As The Days Blur Together, Elegantly Cataloging The Endless Passage Of Time And His Struggles To Survive: It Is Pointless To Say That This Or That Night Was The Worst Of My Life. I Have So Many Bad Nights To Choose From That IVe Made None The Champion. An Award Winner In Canada (And Winner Of The 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life Of Pi, Yann MartelS Second Novel, Should Prove To Be A Breakout Book In The U.S. At One Point In His Journey, Pi Recounts, My Greatest WishOther Than SalvationWas To Have A Book. A Long Book With A NeverEnding Story. One That I Could Read Again And Again, With New Eyes And Fresh Understanding Each Time. ItS Safe To Say That The Fabulous, Fablelike Life Of Pi Is Such A Book. Brad Thomas Parsons This Text Refers To An Out Of Print Or Unavailable Edition Of This Title.