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THE LIFE OF PI; A Novel
by Martel, Yann
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151008116
- ISBN 13
- 9780151008117
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York San Diego London: Harcourt, 2001. First U.S. Edition: Later printing with "O Q P N" on copyright page. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over green boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a bird's-eye view of a white boat with boy and tiger surrounded by the sea with fish, pictorial endpapers repeating sea with fish pattern on cover adding swirls, 319 pages. Winner of the Man Booker Prize! <br/> <br/> Yann Martel (born 1963) is a Spanish-born Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. As a movie, it won four Oscars and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. <br/> <br/> SUPERIOR CONDITION internally and externally! Very slight rubbing to edges of the sharp, clean unclipped dust jacket. No previous owner or remainder marks.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7208
- Title
- THE LIFE OF PI; A Novel
- Author
- Martel, Yann
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition: Later printing with "O Q P N" on c
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151008116
- ISBN 13
- 9780151008117
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York San Diego London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- India, shipwreck, tiger, danger, isolation, fantasy, humor, sharks, flying fish
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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