Life of Pi
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The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone
… More »The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?
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Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction. 401p.
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Add a CommentAng Lee's 3D film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, featuring Suraj Sharma as Pi "and his sizable, striped friend in their lifeboat" is scheduled to open December 21, 2012.
I picked up this book at a yard sale for .50 cents. I have a knack for finding great books. A couple of years, perhaps more, it popped into my head, and I just finished reading it. I found it to be hilarious, informative, beautiful. A metaphor for the journey of my life, I loved it.
I now see why this book won awards. It appears to be fanciful fiction, with an amazing story, then the ending.......sorry, you must read the book. Highly recommended to all
I don't know about the rest of you but I didn't like this story. Sorry
Great book. A little slow at times but an entertaining read.
Believable and fantastical at the same time. A story of survival - physically and also mentally
Refreshingly different. Well written.
great read; can say no more.
I was very hesitant to read this book, mainly because it seemed to be one of those much-hyped novels, and because its premise seemed quite strange. I was, however, pleasantly surprised (I am not a huge fan of magic realism) - this book had everything I look for in a good read: solid writing and characters, witty humour, and above all - a great STORY to read, no matter whether you want to analyse deeply or not. Bravo! (May 2003 and Summer 2011)
One of my favorite books. I especially loved the first part of the book where his curiosity of religion leads him to a bit of a situation. I still can't imagine how this is going to look on film.