Life of Pi
by Martel, Yann
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0857865536
- ISBN 13
- 9780857865533
- Seller
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Canongate Books. Very Good. 2012. Reprint; Eighth Printing. Paperback. 129 X 21 X 198 millimeters . Light reading creases and shelf wear, three sections highlighted inside. ; Eighth printing of Cannongate movie tie-in paperback edition, 2012. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design based on the 20th Century Fox movie poster. ; 460 pages; 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. A bewitching tale of adventure and friendship that was adapted for the screen by Ang Lee, winning four of the eleven Oscars for which it was nominated. .
Synopsis
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives227 days after a shipwreck, while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. The novel was first published by Knopf Canada in September 2001, and the UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.
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- Books in Bulgaria (BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36315
- Title
- Life of Pi
- Author
- Martel, Yann
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint; Eighth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0857865536
- ISBN 13
- 9780857865533
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- 129 X 21 X 198 millimeters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fireside Reads;
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