After a tragic shipwreck, a solitary lifeboat is left at the mercy of the wld blue waters of the Pacific. The only survivors are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a zebra with a broken leg, a hyena, an orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Now a major motion picture from acclaimed director Ang Lee, the much loved Life of Pi is a bewitching tale of adventure and friendship - and of finding courage in the most unexpected places.
"Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even ecstasy" The Times
"A terrific book. It's fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore" Margaret Atwood, Sunday Times
"This enormously loveable novel is suffused with wonder" Guardian
Yann Martel lahir di Spanyol tahun 1963 dari orangtua berkebangsaan Kanada. Ia dibesarkan di Alaska, British Columbia, Costa Rica, Prancis, Ontario, dan Meksiko. Semasa dewasa ia terus melakukan perjalanan, dan menghabiskan banyak waktu di Iran, Turki dan India. Dia menyelesaikan kuliah filsafat di Trent University dan melakukan berbagai jenis pekerjaan yang "tidak umum", seperti menanam pohon, tukang cuci piring, dan satpam. Sejak umur 27 tahun, dia mulai hidup dari menulis. Sebelum Life of Pi, karya-karyanya adalah kumpulan cerpen berjudul The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (Vintage Canada 1993) yang memenangkan Journey Prize, dan novel berjudul Self (Vintage Canada 1997). Life of Pi memenangkan Man Booker Prize 2002 dan Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction 2001. Ia membagi waktunya antara yoga, menulis, dan relawan di palliative care unit. Saat ini Yann Martel tinggal di Montreal.
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