Life of Pi (Inscribed copy)
by Martel, Yann
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine (-)/Fine (-)
- ISBN 10
- 1841952451
- ISBN 13
- 9781841952451
- Seller
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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd, 2002. (UK) 8th printing of the first Canongate edition 2002. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "To ----and ------/ May Richard Parker always be at your side/ Yann Martel/ Nov 30th , 02", no other markigns, slight oning of page edges, about Fine in about Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. The Dj has "Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2002" printed on the front panel. Boards, 319pp. Life of Pi is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian Tamil boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger which raises questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told. He is part of a Tamil speaking family. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b2. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine (-)/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Synopsis
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives227 days after a shipwreck, while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. The novel was first published by Knopf Canada in September 2001, and the UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.
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- Bookseller
- JWMah
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06066
- Title
- Life of Pi (Inscribed copy)
- Author
- Martel, Yann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine (-)
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (-)
- ISBN 10
- 1841952451
- ISBN 13
- 9781841952451
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Canadian Authors Novels Shipwrecks Lifeboats Bengal Tigers in Fiction Pacific Ocean Book Prize Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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