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... He has been making a living by writing since the age of twenty-seven, publishing a book of short stories and going on to become a critically acclaimed author with his novel “Self” “Life of Pi” is his third novel and the winner of The Man Booker Prize 2002. He lives in Montreal where he ... Read review

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Martel, is a case in point: just about the only
thing you can say for certain about it is that it
is fiercely and admirably unique. The plot, if
thats the right word, concerns the oceanic
wanderings of a lost boy, the young and eager
Piscine Patel of the title (Pi). After a colourful
and loving upbringing in gorgeously-hued India,
the Muslim-Christian-animistic Pi sets off for a
fresh start in Canada. His blissful voyage is
rudely interrupted when his boat is scuppered
halfway across the Pacific, and he is forced to
rough it in a lifeboat with a hyena, a monkey, a
whingeing zebra and a tiger called Richard. That
would be bad enough, but from here on things get
weirder: the animals start slaughtering each other
in a veritable frenzy of allegorical bloodlust,
until Richard the tiger and Pi are left alone to
wander the wastes of ocean, with plenty of time to
ponder their fate, the cruelty of the gods, the
best way to handle storms and the various
different recipes for oothappam, scrapple and
coconut yam kootu. The denouement is pleasantly
neat. According to the blurb, thirtysomething Yann
Martel spent long years in Alaska, India, Mexico,
France, Costa Rica, Turkey and Iran, before
settling in Canada. All those cultures and more
have been poured into this spicy, vivacious,
kinetic and very entertaining fiction. --Sean
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Martel, is a case in point: just about the only
thing you can say for certain about it is that it
is fiercely and admirably unique. The plot, if
thats the right word, concerns the oceanic
wanderings of a lost boy, the young and eager
Piscine Patel of the title (Pi). After a colourful
and loving upbringing in gorgeously-hued India,
the Muslim-Christian-animistic Pi sets off for a
fresh start in Canada. His blissful voyage is
rudely interrupted when his boat is scuppered
halfway across the Pacific, and he is forced to
rough it in a lifeboat with a hyena, a monkey, a
whingeing zebra and a tiger called Richard. That
would be bad enough, but from here on things get
weirder: the animals start slaughtering each other
in a veritable frenzy of allegorical bloodlust,
until Richard the tiger and Pi are left alone to
wander the wastes of ocean, with plenty of time to
ponder their fate, the cruelty of the gods, the
best way to handle storms and the various
different recipes for oothappam, scrapple and
coconut yam kootu. The denouement is pleasantly
neat. According to the blurb, thirtysomething Yann
Martel spent long years in Alaska, India, Mexico,
France, Costa Rica, Turkey and Iran, before
settling in Canada. All those cultures and more
have been poured into this spicy, vivacious,
kinetic and very entertaining fiction. --Sean
Thomas


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Martel, is a case in point: just about the only
thing you can say for certain about it is that it
is fiercely and admirably unique. The plot, if
thats the right word, concerns the oceanic
wanderings of a lost boy, the young and eager
Piscine Patel of the title (Pi). After a colourful
and loving upbringing in gorgeously-hued India,
the Muslim-Christian-animistic Pi sets off for a
fresh start in Canada. His blissful voyage is
rudely interrupted when his boat is scuppered
halfway across the Pacific, and he is forced to
rough it in a lifeboat with a hyena, a monkey, a
whingeing zebra and a tiger called Richard. That
would be bad enough, but from here on things get
weirder: the animals start slaughtering each other
in a veritable frenzy of allegorical bloodlust,
until Richard the tiger and Pi are left alone to
wander the wastes of ocean, with plenty of time to
ponder their fate, the cruelty of the gods, the
best way to handle storms and the various
different recipes for oothappam, scrapple and
coconut yam kootu. The denouement is pleasantly
neat. According to the blurb, thirtysomething Yann
Martel spent long years in Alaska, India, Mexico,
France, Costa Rica, Turkey and Iran, before
settling in Canada. All those cultures and more
have been poured into this spicy, vivacious,
kinetic and very entertaining fiction. --Sean
Thomas


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Pi +Parker = Hilarious.

Advantages: Imaginative,funny and captivating.
Disadvantages: none

...“Author’s Note” Martel weaves true life with a touch of fantasy to explain the background of this novel, using it as if he was hunting down the story for himself by means of talking to Pi, the hero of the story. Various notes throughout the story keep this fantasy alive and are a work of art in themselves.
What attracted me to this novel? The back of the book states “ After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains ...
...entertaining and hilarious account of life in a zoo. Pi introduces many a theory on how wild animals are not as unhappy as most people (including myself) think they should be. I was tempted to skip this part but carried on reading, I couldn’t help myself from being drawn into the world of the animal kingdom.
Pi is a rather unusual boy, taught at an English speaking school his appetite for knowledge knows no bounds. A Hindu by birth and religion, ... more

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LIFE of Pi - To Infinity and Beyond!

Advantages: An amazing story
Disadvantages: Starts a little slow

When I came across THE LIFE of Pi by YANN MARTELL in the resident's lounge of an hotel in Spain, something stirred and I immediately grabbed it with both hands, furtively slinking off with it. Naturally, I left the book I'd just finished reading in its place (what do you think I am, some sort of filcher?) So I swapped books...and I'm so very glad I did. The basic premise of the book is the story of a young, 16-year-old Indian boy, Piscine Molitor ...
...the background of Pi's early life - why he's called Pi, for example. He turns out to be a remarkable young fellow who, although brought up in a non-religious home, follows the indigenous Hindu faith obediently. That is, until he meets a Muslim cleric who impresses him so much he begins to pray to Allah. He also encounters a Catholic priest and opens his soul to that religion too. He doesn't convert, he follows all three religions. When he and his ...

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The Double Life Of The Life Of Pi

Advantages: A great story, endless interpretive possibilities
Disadvantages: Slow to get going

...here. Of course, Life of Pi isn't necessarily a religious story at all; the subject is approached within the text, but if you choose not to find such meaning in the subtext, the only reference to the topic exists as a side-point in the character development, and need not impinge on your reading at all. Approach from the opposite direction, however, and there's an immense array of themes and concepts to be read into the novel. We spend the first third ...
...character, Pi Patel - Pi as in 3.14..., adopted to avoid the mocking of his early years at school, in which his full name, Piscine, was unfortunately mis-pronounced. "You're facing the wall. Are you Pi55ing?" We learn slowly about the world Pi inhabits, and through the family's Zoo in Pondicherry, India, about the ways of animals, and their relationship with humans. Martel writes with a patient, unpretentious style, steadily strolling along, turning ...

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Stunning Tale of Survival and Imagination

Advantages: A unique, beautifully written and highly imaginative book
Disadvantages: It didn't make me believe in God

...by pointing out that "The Life of Pi" by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize this year. However for those of you that might feel intimidated by the thought of reading a Booker Prize winning novel, don't be put off! This book is a very easy read but at the same time is stunning in it's imagery, use of language and sheer damn good storytelling. This is the tale of Piscine Molitor Patel (or 'Pi' for short), a 16 year old Indian boy ...
...the book describes Pi's early life in Pondicherry. The main section of the book describes the sinking of the ship and his survival ordeal. And the final short part of the book describes the content of the tape from the Japanese Ministry of Transport. Pi's early life was spent in Pondicherry, once the capital of French India. His father was the proprietor of Pondicherry zoo and so Pi was brought up in the delightful environment of the zoo. At one ...

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a slice of the good stuff

Advantages: great story, beautifully written
Disadvantages: none

...finds himself hurled aboard a life boat, with the company of a zebra, hyena, orangutan, and a 450 pound Bengal tiger. Now I might have told you an uncharacteristically large chunk of plot there. Infact you could glean most of that from the back cover of the book. We know Pi is ship wrecked. We know he survives because the story being told is his through a writer who has stumbled upon the tale by chance. This sets the scene for a tale of human survival ...
...the insignificance of one human life against the elements, and the strength of faith told here are breathtaking. The majority of the book floats us across the pacific with Pi and Richard Parker. The tale is taught, I felt every lash of the waves and trembled with every movement of the tiger. The landing on the algae island gave my biological mind something to chew on pondering the plausibility of the science, but ultimately reason gave way to the ...

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The incredible power of story telling

Advantages: interesting ideas; imaginative tale
Disadvantages: not as stunning on re-reading

...as the monotony of Pi's life is emphasized, but on the first read I raced through this section, eager to discover what would happen next. Increasingly improbable events do occur, which eventually lead you to question Pi's truthfulness, but this is part of the argument that Martel is creating, and the events are truthful in a symbolic sense. The short final section is an interview in which Pi tells his tale to an incredulous audience. (This is not ...

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