Life of Pie: Book Review

Hi,




Just finished a book, " Life of Pi" by Yann Martel...after a long

struggle.. ; )



The author is a Spanish born - Canadian and is best known for his Booker

Prize in 2002, which he received for this Pondicherry- based story.



Its about an Indian boy who loses his family in a ship-wreck and finds

himself all alone in a life-boat with a Hyena, an Orangutan, a Zebra

with a broken leg and Richard Parker, a highly ferocious Tiger.



Soon, he ends up being the only prey for the Tiger.



How he manages to spend 227 days( the highest so far) in the Pacific

with an ever-hungry Bengal Tiger, right next to him, forms the remaining

part of the story.

The way he handles things is highly astonishing for his age.. and we may

end up seeing our sickest problems more lighter..



And .. on the author.. I am still googling to find whether it is really

a fiction novel.. the only evidence being the rack I picked this novel

from...