Before Life of Pi, he wrote two novels that were not well-received. Yann Martel was born to French-Canadian parents in Spain. The work features a discourse exploring survival, order, danger, chaos and captivity. It has had a tumultuous journey since its arrival in print. Life of Pi is a fantastical chronicle of the adventures of a young boy and his animal companions lost at sea. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true?ĪBOUT THE BOOK Author Yann Martel conceived of the story Life of Pi (2002) during his extended travels in India, reading castaway stories and survival tales. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. Now readers can enjoy this extraordinary tale with his glorious colour illustrations. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of Life of Pi. Soon the competition expanded as the Globe and Mail and The Age newspapers also launched a search in Canada and Australia.
In October 2005 Canongate launched a competition with The Times to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Since it was first published in 2002, Life of Pi has entered mainstream consciousness and remains one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.
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