Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wide, wild Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, one zebra (with broken leg), an orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker and Pi – a 16-year-old Indian boy.

As the 'crew' begin to assert their natural places in the food chain, Pi's fear mounts, and he must use all his wit and daring to develop an understanding with his fellow survivors.

Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, an astonishing work of imagination that will delight and stun readers in equal measures. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.

Beatrice and Virgil

By Yann Martel

Destiny can take many shapes. For Henry, a writer struggling to finish a book about the Holocaust, it arrives in the form of a puzzling envelope from a stranger.

The envelope takes him into a taxidermist's workshop. Filled with lovingly preserved animals from all corners of the globe, this place is unlike anywhere he has ever been. Among the hundreds of stuffed animals are Beatrice and Virgil: a monkey...

Destiny can take many shapes. For Henry, a writer struggling to finish a book about the Holocaust, it arrives in the form of a puzzling envelope from a stranger.

The envelope takes him into a taxidermist's...

Published: 02/05/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781921758270

RRP: $23.95

Beatrice and Virgil

By Yann Martel

Destiny can take many shapes. For Henry, a writer struggling to finish a book about the Holocaust, it arrives in the form of a puzzling envelope from a stranger.

The envelope takes him into a taxidermist's...

Published: 14/04/2010

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9781921656255

RRP: $32.95

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

By Yann Martel

This superb debut, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. Yann Martel's short stories are moving, thought provoking and as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display the startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made him an international phenomenon.

Published: 26/09/2005

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781920885892

RRP: $23.95