Life Of Pi (film), Life Of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian Philosophical fiction, philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Puducherry (city), Pondicherry, who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. After a shipwrecking, shipwreck, he survives 227 days while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker and an orangutan named Orange Juice along with several other zoo animals, raising questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. Martel won the Man Booker Prize the following year. It was also chosen for CBC Radio's ''Canada Reads'' 2003, where it was championed by author Nancy Lee (writer), Nancy Lee. The French translation ''L'Histoire de Pi'' was ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Yann Martel
Yann Martel, (born June 25, 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel '' Life of Pi'', an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the ''New York Times'' and ''The Globe and Mail'', among many other best-selling lists. ''Life of Pi'' was adapted for a movie directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Martel is also the author of the novels '' The High Mountains of Portugal'',Knopf Canada: The High Mountains of Portugal
Penguin Random House site. Retrieved 24 March 2016.Charles, Ron (21 January 2016

[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]