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Life of Pi : a novel / Yann Martel.
Record no.:
2084
Author:
Martel, Yann, author.;
Vickers, Salley, illustrator.;
Publisher:
Edinburgh :: Canongate,
Year:
2012.
Description:
xiv, 334 pages ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Tiger Fiction.;
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 Fiction.;
Notes:
Originally published: Canada: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2002.Nagle Library Rare Books Special Collections copy ex dono John Nagle.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
1841952834;
Abstract:
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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