Hardcover, 319 pages
English language
Published May 16, 2002 by Canongate.
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi — a 16-year old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more?
I read this a long time ago because a friend suggested it, but I remember enjoying it. (Definitely more than I did the movie)
