Georgetown Peabody Library

Life of Pi, a novel, Yann Martel

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent yearsPreviously published: 2002

9781841953922

bnb:gba386273

319 pages, 20 cm

(Sirsi) 1609068(OCoLC)56896140