Books with author Yann Martel

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.

Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, an astonishing work of imagination that will delight and stun 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. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wide, wild Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, one zebra (with broken leg), an orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. As the 'crew' begin to assert their natural places in the food chain, Pi's fear mounts, and he must use all his wit and daring to develop an understanding with Richard the tiger. Life of Pi takes the reader on an extraordinary journey - geographical, spiritual and emotional. A rare thing, here is a novel that will change your view of the world.

Piscine Molitor Patel, dit Pi, est le fils du directeur du zoo de Pondichéry. Lorsque son père décide de quitter l'Inde, la famille liquide ses affaires et embarque, accompagnée d'une étonnante ménagerie, sur un cargo japonais : direction le Canada. Le navire fait naufrage, et Pi se retrouve seul survivant à bord d'un canot de sauvetage. Seul, ou presque... Richard Parker, splendide tigre du Bengale, est aussi du voyage. Comment survit-on pendant deux cent vingt-sept jours jours en tête à tête avec un fauve de trois cents kilos ? C'est l'incroyable histoire de Pi Patel. Fable métaphysique, roman d'aventures, L'Histoire de Pi - vendu à plus de quatre millions d'exemplaires dans le monde - est un miracle tant littéraire que commercial.

Winner of the Booker Prize 2002. Piscine Molitor Patel, otherwise known as Pi, lives in Pondicherry, where his father runs and owns the city s zoo. When he is sixteen, his parents decide to emigrate to Canada, taking their large family with them, but tragedy strikes when the cargo ship carrying them sinks during a terrible storm. One solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. In it are five survivors: Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of 2002.

Easton Press Collector’s Edition, 2007, bound in genuine leather, SIGNED by the author in two places, once on a Certificate of Authenticity laid in and once on a special page that precedes the half-title page, also including laid in card titled ”a note about Life of Pi and the author Yann Martel and brochure announcing a new edition of Easton’s The Harvard Classics. The book and other contents were in the original box they were mailed to the subscriber in the manufacture’s shrinkwrap but the shrinkwrap was removed to verify the contents above. This a beautiful “first thus” edition, author-signed volume in pristine condition.