Excerpt from Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Yann Martel: Life of Pi life of pi A NOVEL author's note This book was born as I was hungry Let me explain In the spring of 1996, my second book, a novel, came out in Canada It didn't fare well Reviewers were puzzled, or damned it with faint praise Then readers ignored it

Life of Pi - Froebelian Writers

Life of Pi was published in 2001 in Canada, then in 2002 in the United Kingdom and United States while Martel was living in Montreal Life of Pi was Martel's breakthrough novel and went on to receive numerous awards, including Canada’s Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2001 and the 2002 Man Booker Prize Life of Pi was a U K bestseller

Study Guide - HALCYON DAZE

Life of Pi is a tale about survival, belief in God and coming of age, that unfolds while the protagonist is floating in a lifeboat on the Pacific Ocean The main character, Pi Patel, is a loveable teenager with a lifelong curiosity for animals and religion Pi grows up as the son of a zookeeper in Pondicherry, India

Life of Pi Study Questions - Weebly

51 Pi notes that “necessity is the mother of invention” (139) How does this prove to be the case? 52 What is one detail Pi notes that could save his life? 53 Give one example of imagery, figurative language in Chapter 51 that expresses Pi’s enjoyment of his first taste of water in three days 54

Life of Pi 2013 Handout - St Leonards College

10 Chapter2 ReturningtotheAuthor’snarration,welearnthatPiPatellivesin Scarboroughandisasmallmanofaboutforty Hespeaksveryfastand