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The
2003 Award
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Knopf Canada ISBN 0676973760 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| "I have a story that will make you believe in God". So says the elderly man to the writer in the coffee-house on Nehru Street, as he prepares to recount the unforgettable story of Piscine Molitor Pater. Pi, as he is known, lives in Pondicherry, India, where his family - mother, father and an older brother- runs a zoo. Little Pi loves to observe the animals. He is also an avid reader. He finds and devours books on Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and to the surprise of his secular parents, becomes devoted to all three religions. When the family decides to emigrate to Canada, they board a cargo ship with their animals and bravely set sail for the New World. Alas, early one morning in rough seas, the ship sinks. A solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the surface of the wild blue Pacific. In it are five survivors: Pi, a zebra, a hyena, an orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi keeps his wits about him as his fellow castaways recover from the shock of being at sea and begin to assert their animal natures. But it is with the tiger, most assuredly, that Pi must develop an inviolable understanding. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963. After studying philosophy at Trent University and doing various odd jobs, he began to write. He is the prize-winning author of The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, a collection of short stories, and of Self, a novel. Life of Pi won the Man Booker Award 2002. Yann lives in Montreal, Canada |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: Biography,
interview and extract |
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