Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel.
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2012Description: xiv, 334 pages ; 20 cmISBN: 9780857865533 (paperback)Subject(s): Tiger -- Fiction | Orphans | Human-animal relationships | Storytelling | Teenage boys | Zoo animals | Ocean travel | Shipwreck victims | Airplane crash survival -- Fiction | Shipwreck victims -- India -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Human-animal relationships -- Fiction | Storytelling -- Fiction | Teenage boys -- Fiction | Ocean travel -- Fiction | Zoo animals -- Fiction | Pacific Ocean | India | Pacific Ocean -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 Review: 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 16 year old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Fiction | F MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42100052000B |
Originally published: Canada: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2002.
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 16 year old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
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