Life of Pi (fiction)

Yann Martel (2001)

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THE A5 BOOK REVIEW

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Life of Pi is a fantastic tale about Pi Patel, a sixteen-year-old son of a zookeeper who finds himself in the incomprehensible situation of being adrift and lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a 450-pound tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is a spiritual kid, equally curious about Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and his epic story of survival and faith while lost at sea is both spellbinding and exhilarating. Pi's exhaustion puts him into a state of delirium that adds a surreal element to the experience, blurring dreams and reality. The novel is sometimes compared to Ernest Hemingway's battle of man versus nature in The Old Man and the Sea. In short, Life of Pi is an epic adventure designed to inspire and intrigue, with a brilliant ending that is both surprising and fulfilling. This book is one of our top recommendations.

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GREAT QUOTES FROM LIFE OF PI

“If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?”

INTERESTING LINKS:

Read "Taming the Tiger", the New York Times book review written by Gary Krist.
The book was turned into an amazing movie in 2012, directed by Ang Le and winning four Academy Awards. The lead actor, Suraj Sharma, had never acted in a movie before. As usual, we strongly recommend reading the book first.