Booker Prize Winner
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
Summary
After a shipwreck in the Pacific, an Indian teenager named Pi Patel is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, drifting for months between starvation, faith, and astonishment. Martel braids a coming-of-age tale with a philosophical fable about religion, storytelling, and what we choose to believe. Its blend of adventure, zoology, and metaphysics gave it a remarkable cross-generational appeal.
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Historical Context & Significance
The book was famously rejected by many houses before being accepted by a small Canadian publisher.