a novel Martel, Yann. creator text novel stk Edinburgh Canongate 2003, �2001 2003 monographic eng

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319 pages ; 20 cm Pi lives in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns the city's zoo. The family decides to immigrate to Canada, but tragedy strikes at sea. In the lifeboat are five survivors: Pi, a hyena, a zebra, a female orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Yann Martel. 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. Previously published: 2002. Fiction Fiction PS8576.A7725 L53 2003 813.54 18.07 184195392X 9781841953922 SFC 041103 20151023232454.0 ocm56896140 eng