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Book Description
The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?
The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?
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- Book Details
- English Books
- Rating:
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- ISBN-10: 0156027321
- ISBN-13: 9780156027328
- Publisher: Harvest Books
- Pub date: May 01, 2003
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette and School & Library Binding
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I really enjoyed reading this book. I love the way it's narrated. At times sad, funny, hilarious, deep, ironic! The ending wasn't up to the rest of the book I thought. I found the two Japanese inspectors to be quite annoying, but maybe that was exactly the point...
Wonderful story, although the first and second halves feel like they were written by different authors- dissimilar writing style and tone.
This book got entirely too graphic for my taste, and just when I thought it couldn't possibly be any weirder... I was wrong. I'm not recommending this one, and I don't agree with the stellar reviews I read about it at all.
A well told story with an intriguing ending
This book was really slow. I can't believe I kept reading and didn't just give up. I thought the end was really good though, so it was worth it!
Seems like for a while everyone was talking about it ... so I feel like I have to add it to my list.