Life of Pi [Sound Recording]

Author:: Yann Martel
Format:: Hardcover
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Short description

WINNER OF THE 2002 BOOKER PRIZE

Long description

WINNER OF THE 2002 BOOKER PRIZE 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 pieces of literary fiction of recent years.

Product details

Editor:: Kati Nicholl
Narrator:: Kerry Shale
Publisher:: HarperCollins Audiobooks
ISBN:: 9780007162307
Publication date:: March 2003
Length:: 125mm
Width:: 142mm
Weight:: 201g
Edition:: Abridged edition
Illustrations:: Pack Pack
Readership:: General
Prizes:: Booker Prize for Fiction,2002,W;Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize,2003,S

Review

Those who would believe that the art of fiction is moribund -- let them read Yann Martel with astonishment, delight and gratitude. Alberto Manguel The whole fantastic voyage carries hints of 'The Old Man and the Sea' and the magic realism of Amado and Marquez and the absurdity of Beckett! Yann Martel does a beautiful job. Globe and Mail (Toronto) Martel writes like a more compassionate Paul Auster. Times Literary Supplement Martel finds dazzling ways of expressing the hitherto unexpressed. Mail on Sunday Reminiscent of Italo Calvino. Independent on Sunday

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Deceptively readable
Reviewed by Dr Charles de Jongh from Johannesburg, South Africa on 27 January 2004
21 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

Life of Pi is possibly one of the most deceptively easy reads published. At one level, it reads like a regular novel, with a few interesting characteristics; at another, it reads with incredible depth, insight and reflection. A must read, from cover-to-cover.

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LIFE OF PI
Reviewed by Ms Margaret Kollmer from Benoni on 01 October 2006
7 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

I loved the quirkiness of this delightful book - a thoroughly unexpected tale of a young boy whose life becomes a dream - or whose dream becomes his life. The first half contains some very original perceptions and personal philosophies as Pi mellows his way through the golden days of youth until the second half when suddenly he has to grow up in a hurry when he finds himself bobbing about on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a bengal tiger on board! Be prepared for many exciting twists and turns and be enthralled with your fingers crossed. One of the best reads of my life. Wonderful!

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