Life of Pi : a novel /

Martel, Yann.

Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel. - lst U.S. ed. - New York : Harcourt, c2001. - xii, 319 p. ; 24 cm.

Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.

Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2002.

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Shipwreck survival--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Zoo animals--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Tiger--Fiction.


Pacific Ocean--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Adventure fiction.

PR 9199.3 .M3855 / L54 2001