9780156027328-0156027321-Life of Pi: A Novel

Life of Pi: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9780156027328
ISBN-10: 0156027321
Author: Yann Martel
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Format: Paperback 326 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780156027328
ISBN-10: 0156027321
Author: Yann Martel
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Format: Paperback 326 pages

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Life of Pi: A Novel (ISBN-13: 9780156027328 and ISBN-10: 0156027321), written by authors Yann Martel, was published by Mariner Books Classics in 2003. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Life of Pi: A Novel (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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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 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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