Quicklet on Life Of Pi
Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less. Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 as the son of a professor and a diplomat. Although he was born in Salamanca, Spain, he moved to different countries frequently because of his fathers career. He lived in several different countries before settling in Ontario, Canada to attend Trent University. While at Trent, he received a BA in Philosophy and began traveling around the world and writing short stories about his adventures. In 1993, he published this collection of stories, called The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and his work received the Journey Prize. Martel then published his first novel in 1996 called Self. He then spent a great deal of time researching and then writing his most famous work, Life of Pi, which was published in Canada in 2001 and the United States in 2002. He won many awards for Life of Pi and the book was a national bestseller in both the U.S. and Canada, internationally it went on to sell over 3 million copies. Life of Pi is a fictional novel about a boy named Piscine Pi Molitor Patel from Pondicherry, India, who spends a great deal of his time exploring religion and spirituality. While on a ship from India to Canada with his family, his ship sinks and he finds himself stranded on a lifeboat for 227 days with a Bengal tiger from his fathers zoo. The story is told through an interview the author has with Pi many years later and it details Pis journey on the boat and the relationship he builds with this tiger, Richard Parker. BOOK EXCERPT FROM THE YANN MARTEL QUICKLET: LIFE OF PI Pi continues his story and begins talking of the world champion swimmer Francis Adirubasamy, the man the author met with in his introduction, who is a friend of Pis family and loved the famous Piscine Molitor swimming pool. This is where Pi was given his full name, Piscine Molitor Patel, a name he hated as a child until he gave himself the nickname Pi. Pi also describes the zoo that his father ran, the Pondicherry Zoo, and how he grew up around the animals. He describes growing up in the zoo where he lived the life of a prince, and developed relationships with the animals. ...to be continued! Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less.
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ Background Information For Life Of Pi
+ Plot Overview
+ List Of Important Characters In Life Of Pi
+ Major Themes & Symbols In Life Of Pi
Additional Reading
+ Major Reviews & Related Articles For Life Of Pi
+ Interesting Facts About Life Of Pi
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CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ Background Information For Life Of Pi
+ Plot Overview
+ List Of Important Characters In Life Of Pi
+ Major Themes & Symbols In Life Of Pi
Additional Reading
+ Major Reviews & Related Articles For Life Of Pi
+ Interesting Facts About Life Of Pi
Quicklet on Life Of Pi
Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less. Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 as the son of a professor and a diplomat. Although he was born in Salamanca, Spain, he moved to different countries frequently because of his fathers career. He lived in several different countries before settling in Ontario, Canada to attend Trent University. While at Trent, he received a BA in Philosophy and began traveling around the world and writing short stories about his adventures. In 1993, he published this collection of stories, called The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and his work received the Journey Prize. Martel then published his first novel in 1996 called Self. He then spent a great deal of time researching and then writing his most famous work, Life of Pi, which was published in Canada in 2001 and the United States in 2002. He won many awards for Life of Pi and the book was a national bestseller in both the U.S. and Canada, internationally it went on to sell over 3 million copies. Life of Pi is a fictional novel about a boy named Piscine Pi Molitor Patel from Pondicherry, India, who spends a great deal of his time exploring religion and spirituality. While on a ship from India to Canada with his family, his ship sinks and he finds himself stranded on a lifeboat for 227 days with a Bengal tiger from his fathers zoo. The story is told through an interview the author has with Pi many years later and it details Pis journey on the boat and the relationship he builds with this tiger, Richard Parker. BOOK EXCERPT FROM THE YANN MARTEL QUICKLET: LIFE OF PI Pi continues his story and begins talking of the world champion swimmer Francis Adirubasamy, the man the author met with in his introduction, who is a friend of Pis family and loved the famous Piscine Molitor swimming pool. This is where Pi was given his full name, Piscine Molitor Patel, a name he hated as a child until he gave himself the nickname Pi. Pi also describes the zoo that his father ran, the Pondicherry Zoo, and how he grew up around the animals. He describes growing up in the zoo where he lived the life of a prince, and developed relationships with the animals. ...to be continued! Quicklets: Learn More. Read Less.
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ Background Information For Life Of Pi
+ Plot Overview
+ List Of Important Characters In Life Of Pi
+ Major Themes & Symbols In Life Of Pi
Additional Reading
+ Major Reviews & Related Articles For Life Of Pi
+ Interesting Facts About Life Of Pi
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Introduction
+ Background Information For Life Of Pi
+ Plot Overview
+ List Of Important Characters In Life Of Pi
+ Major Themes & Symbols In Life Of Pi
Additional Reading
+ Major Reviews & Related Articles For Life Of Pi
+ Interesting Facts About Life Of Pi
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| BN ID: | 2940013992566 |
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| Publisher: | Hyperink |
| Publication date: | 02/18/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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