Life of Pi

English

ISBN: 0156027321

EAN: 9780156027328

Category: Fiction / Psychological/Fiction / Action & Adventure/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 05/31/2003

Age Range: 14-null

Synopsis: 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?

Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature – null  Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize – null  Book Sense Book of the Year – null  Book Sense Book of the Year – null  Canada Reads – null  Galaxy British Book Awards – null  Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null  Man Booker Prize for Fiction – null  Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year – null 

Life of Pi

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.37 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 12.35 oz

Pages: 348