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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 pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 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 the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific.

The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan, and a pound Royal Bengal tiger.

The story of a boy, a boat, and a tiger promises an adventure which some may find hard to believe. However, with the Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion companion to Yann Martel's novel, Life of Pi, readers begin to consider how to believe the unbelievable. While Yann Martel takes readers on a voyage of discovery, Bookclub-in-a-Box interprets his exploration: can miracles exist? Let Bookclub-in-a-Box take readers into Pi's mind, the influences in his life, his physical struggle to survive at sea and his spiritual struggle to understand his own faith and his place in the world.

There are a great many deep concepts to reflect upon in this small fictional narrative, and Bookclub-in-a-Box presents them for thoughtful consideration. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan - and a pound Royal Bengal tiger. Since it was first published in , Life of Pi has entered mainstream consciousness and remains one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.

In October Canongate launched a competition with The Times to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Soon the competition expanded as the Globe and Mail and The Age newspapers also launched a search in Canada and Australia. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of Life of Pi.

Now readers can enjoy this extraordinary tale with his glorious colour illustrations. Did you know US President Barack Obama wrote a personal note to Martel that stated "My daughter and I just finished reading Life of Pi together, both of us agreed we prefer the story with animals.

It is a lovely book - an elegant proof of God, and the power of storytelling. Thank you. Or, did you know Life of Pi was released in Canada on September 11, , the day of the attack? What are the amazingly true facts behind Life of Pi by Yann Martel? Do you want to know the golden nuggets of facts readers love? If you've enjoyed the book, then this will be a must read delight for you! Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker.

They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean, with aggressive hyena and Richard Parker getting hungry. Pi needs to find a way to survive. Skip to content. If the content not Found, you must refresh this page manually. As alternative You can also using our book search engine below to find tons of free books Life of Pi Life of Pi: In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story.

He comes to the conclusion that island eats people, and he and Richard Parker continue their journey. After a while longer on the ocean, the two of them finally wash up on a beach. It turns out that he and Richard Parker had spent days in the lifeboat, and had been presumed dead for quite some time. The beach he washed up on was in Mexico, and after landing, Richard Parker runs away and leaves Pi alone on the beach. The authorities soon find him, and the Japanese owners of the cargo ship that he was originally on arrive to interview him.

He tells them the story with the animals, but they refuse to believe him. He then replaces the animals in the story with instead the orangutan being his mother, the hyena is a cook from the ship, the zebra being a sailor.

The Japanese men prefer this version of the story, as this is what they choose to write in their report. The most interesting aspect of this novel is the symbolism of the animals and their human counterparts.