Life of Pi
Author : Yann Martel
Publisher : Penguin Books
Cost : Rs 295
Pages : 320
‘Life of Pi’
is an amazing masterpiece of the novelist Yann Martel. This is a story of a boy from Pondicherry,
named Piscine Molitor Patel, commonly known as Pi Patel. His father owned a zoo
in Pondicherry. He and his family members
migrated from there to Canada. I their journey between Pacific Ocean, their
ship wrecked and the only survivors were Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orang utan
and a 450 pound Bengal tiger. The name of this tiger was Richard Parker. As days pass only Pi and Parker could manage
to survive.
This book has three parts – Toronto and
Pondicherry, Pacific Ocean and Mexico. Part
two tells his experience with Richard Parker in a lifeboat. The story is written is a fabulous was. This
book has won Man Booker Prize in 2002. This book is also a major film now.
This book is published by Penguin Books. This book costs Rs 295. There are a total of
320 pages. I liked this book very much,
with such a heart touching story.
Sayooj Samuel
VIII - A
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