Life Of Pi
- 5 Jul 2018
- 9781786891686
- £9.99
- 336 pp
- 129×198mm
- 5 Jul 2018
- 9781786894243
- £8.99
- 448 pp
- 111×178mm
- 1 Jun 2017
- 9781786892096
- £25
- 10 hrs
- 30 Jan 2009
- 9781847674210
- £7.99
- 352 pp
In a few words
The phenomenal, Man Booker Prize-winning, international bestseller
In a few words
The phenomenal, Man Booker Prize-winning, international bestseller
In a few words
The unabridged audiobook of the phenomenal Booker Prize-winning, international bestseller, read by Sanjeev Bhaskar
In a few words
Winner of the Booker Prize and now a major motion picture from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee
This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder
A terrific book . . . Fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
A unique and original story, brilliantly told
Pi is bewitching, the tale both nihilistic and naïve, philosophical and playful, deeply moving while always treading the line clear of schmalz
A unique and original story, brilliantly told
Pi is bewitching, the tale both nihilistic and naïve, philosophical and playful, deeply moving while always treading the line clear of schmalz
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday TimesMore about
the book
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. 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. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
More about
the book
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. 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. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
More about
the book
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
British comedian, actor and broadcaster Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE performs this brilliant edition of a work of fiction that is loved by fans around the world. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. 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. The scene is set for an extraordinary adventure.
More about
the book
One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. 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. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
Vivid and entrancing
Extraordinary . . . Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life
Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday TimesEvery page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
Extraordinary . . . Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life
Martel's engaging characterization and vivid description enliven and enrich this dreamy, fantastic tale
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy
A terrific book . . . fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore
Margaret Atwood
Sunday TimesUltimately uplifting
Extraordinary...Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life
A unique and original story, brilliantly told
Full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality
Ultimately uplifting
Extraordinary...Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life
Yann Martel
View profileYann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of Canadian parents. After studying philosophy at university, he travelled and worked at odd jobs before turning to writing. In addition to the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi, which has been translated into over fifty languages and has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide, he is the author of the novels Self, Beatrice and Virgil and The High Mountains of Portugal, the stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and the collection of letters to the Prime Minister of Canada, What is Stephen Harper Reading? He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Yann Martel
View profileYann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of Canadian parents. After studying philosophy at university, he travelled and worked at odd jobs before turning to writing. In addition to the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi, which has been translated into over fifty languages and has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide, he is the author of the novels Self, Beatrice and Virgil and The High Mountains of Portugal, the stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and the collection of letters to the Prime Minister of Canada, What is Stephen Harper Reading? He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Yann Martel
View profileYann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers, and their four children.
Sanjeev Bhaskar gained notoriety as creator and performer of the BBC hit series Goodness Gracious Me. His film roles have included It’s a Wonderful Afterlife, London Boulevard and The Zero Theorem. Sanjeev led the cast in the BAFTA award-winning television series Indian Doctor which garnered record ratings and critical acclaim. He also wrote and starred in The Kumars at No. 42 which had global success winning two Emmys, a BAFTA nomination, a British Comedy Award and the Bronze Rose at Montreaux. More recently, he reprised his role as DS Sunny Khan in the second series of ITV’s award-winning drama Unforgotten and will soon be seen in Paddington 2. Sanjeev was awarded an OBE in 2006.
Yann Martel
View profileYann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of Canadian parents. After studying philosophy at university, he travelled and worked at odd jobs before turning to writing. In addition to the Man Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi, which has been translated into over fifty languages and has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide, he is the author of the novels Self, Beatrice and Virgil and The High Mountains of Portugal, the stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and the collection of letters to the Prime Minister of Canada, What is Stephen Harper Reading? He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.
