01919cam a2200337u  450000100100000000300070001000500170001700700030003400800410003702000280007802400180010604000420012404300120016610000180017824500410019626000390023730000220027650000220029852009190032065000660123965000410130565000270134665000270137365000270140065000260142765000220145365000210147565100280149665500270152465500300155155089653 OCoLC 20190501230609.0ta051215s2001    flu           000 f eng d  a0156030209 (pbk.)c3.9531a9780156030205  aAPLcAPLdOCLCQdIHIdXY4dBAKERdY7T  apo-----1 aMartel, Yann.10aLife of Pi :ba novel cYann Martel.  aOrlando, Fla. :bHarcourt,cc2001.  a401p.3.95c18 cm.  a"A Harvest book."  aThe son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. 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 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 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 hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true? 0aSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.vFiction. 0aHuman-animal relationshipsvFiction. 0aStorytellingvFiction. 0aTeenage boysvFiction. 0aOcean travelvFiction. 0aZoo animalsvFiction. 0aOrphansvFiction. 0aTigersvFiction. 0aPacific OceanvFiction. 0aPsychological fiction. 7aAdventure fiction.2gsafd