Contemporary fiction

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

A strange, beautiful survival tale about faith and story.

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Genre

Philosophical adventure

Subgenre

Survival and faith novel

Original publication

11 September 2001

Original publisher

Knopf Canada

Pages

319

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

The Pacific Ocean after a shipwreck

ISBN

9780156027328

Original title

Life of Pi

survival sea tiger faith storytelling shipwreck animals philosophy

About the book

Pi Patel survives at sea in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger and a story that tests faith, fear and interpretation.

A vivid fit for readers asking for survival, animals, faith, unreliable storytelling, shipwrecks and philosophical adventure.

The novel combines high-concept survival with questions about belief, narrative and what readers choose to accept.

It works for requests around animals, sea adventure, spirituality and book-club debate.

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