Life Of Pi English

Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, was published in the year 2001. This is the 2012 edition of the book. The book was initially rejected by five different London publishers, but once published successfully, was well-received and went on to win the Man Booker prize. The story is about a boy of 16, Piscine Patel, who adopts the nickname Pi , after growing tired of being called Pissing Patel . The book is set in Pondicherry, a former French colony in India, and is divided into three parts. The first part revolves around Pi s life and the time that he spends in his father s zoo, understanding the psychology of the animals there. In the second part, Pi finds himself stranded at sea for 227 days on a small lifeboat, along with a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and a hungry hyena. The book deals with human beings, their belief systems, and God in a broader perspective. In the third part, when finally the lifeboat reaches the Mexican coast, the tiger runs away, and the authorities find the boy s story too fantastical. The real story then comes out, startli...