After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a ...Show synopsisAfter the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Since it was first published in 2002, "Life of Pi" has entered mainstream consciousness and remains one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years. In October 2005 Canongate launched a competition with "The Times" to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Soon the competition expanded as the "Globe" and "Mail" and "The Age" newspapers also launched a search in Canada and Australia. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of "Life of Pi". Now readers can enjoy this extraordinary tale with his glorious colour illustrations.Hide synopsis
Life of Pi (Knopf Canada) – Hardcover (2001)
by
Yann Martel
Hardcover, Knopf Canada 2001
English
368 pages
ISBN: 0676973760 ISBN-13: 9780676973761
"The Jungle Book "meets "Not Wanted On the Voyage" in a triumph of storytelling and originality: a novel, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in Pondicherry, India, where his family runs a zoo. Little Pi is a great reader. He devours books on Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and to the surprise of his secular parents, becomes devoted to all three religions. When the parents decide to emigrate to Canada, the family boards a cargo ship with many of the animals ...Show more"The Jungle Book "meets "Not Wanted On the Voyage" in a triumph of storytelling and originality: a novel, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God. Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in Pondicherry, India, where his family runs a zoo. Little Pi is a great reader. He devours books on Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and to the surprise of his secular parents, becomes devoted to all three religions. When the parents decide to emigrate to Canada, the family boards a cargo ship with many of the animals that are going to new zoological homes in North America, and bravely sets sail for the New World. Alas, the ship sinks. A solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the surface of the wild blue Pacific. In it are five survivors: Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi manages to keep his wits about him as the animals begin to assert their places in the foodchain; it is the tiger, Richard Parker, with whom he must develop an inviolable understanding. Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" is a transformative novel: a book to delight in, to talk about and treasure. It will convince the most jaded among us - and remind the rest - that something grander is afoot in our lives than we may have realized.Hide
Description:Very Good in Fine jacket. 0676973760 2nd Printing; front cover...Very Good in Fine jacket. 0676973760 2nd Printing; front cover stained; dj in protective Mylar wrap.
Description:New in new dust jacket but I grade the dust jacket only as FINE...New in new dust jacket but I grade the dust jacket only as FINE becasuass on the inner flap at top to the left of the price is a black mark probably concealing a name. Book is of perfect gift quality. Couldn't be better. FIRST CANADIAN EDITION. FIRST EDITION STATED ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. SECOND PRINTING FROM NUMBER LINE. This is the FIRST CANADIAN EDITION and is the second printing, which is as rare as the first printing. Book is perfect gift quality. It couldn't be better. Dust jacket would be perfect if it were not for a black mark at top of inside flap, probably concealing a former owner's name. and couldn't be better. Book won the Booker prize for Yann Martel.
Description:Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0676973760 Stated First Edition ...Very Good in Very Good jacket. 0676973760 Stated First Edition (1st Printing); dj flaps yellowing, fold to front flap but in protective Mylar wrap.
Description:Near Fine. in Near Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A NEAR...Near Fine. in Near Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A NEAR FINE copy of the FIRST EDITION. SECOND PRINTING. In NEAR FINE jacket. There were only 4000 copies of the Canadian First Edition Printed. 2000 FIRST PRINTINGS, and 2000 SECOND PRINTINGS. { from the author.}.2001 BOOKER PRIZE.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. First Canadian (and true first) Edition ...Fine in Fine jacket. First Canadian (and true first) Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of SELF and BEATRICE AND VIRGIL, the multi-level story of a young man on a solitary lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger. Winner of the Man Booker Prize in Britain and basis for the recent film. Fine/Fine but for a small discreet previous owner's name to the front free end paper.
Description:Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Signed by Author. xiii, 352 pp....Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Signed by Author. xiii, 352 pp. Signed by Martel on the title-page. First printing of the first Canadian edition and hence true first edition. Winner of the 2002 Man Booker prize. Light edgewear, front lower corner has been mildly bruised, head and foot of spine are indented as per usual. Still a tight, lovely copy now scarce with signature.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author...Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author True First Edition First Printing Canadian Edition signed by the Author on Title Page, in original Jacket, not price clipped, book and jacket are both in Fine condition, essentially unread.
Description:Good. 0676973760 Used book, in good condition |No supplements |...Good. 0676973760 Used book, in good condition |No supplements | Normal wear to cover and spine | Page markings | Inventory sticker present | Satisfaction guaranteed!
The youngster whose tale is told in this book was already a fascinating person before he found himself adrift in a lifeboat in the Pacific with no one but a quartet of zoo animals, including a 450-pound Bengal tiger. I was so impressed, I bought an extra copy to lend to friends.
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The book was in awesome shape. the shipping did not take long at all. My son needed this book for a summer reading project for school. Worked out very well.
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Some parts of the book are believeable and others preposterous, such as meerkats up a tree on an algal island when they are desert dwellers of burrows. I did not find God as the author suggested. There are some very good descriptive passages but all told I did not really enjoy the book.
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I'm still not sure if I liked this book or not. I will say that it was hard to put down, simply because it was so bizarre that I wanted to see what would happen next.
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