"Some books defy categorisation: Life of Pi, the second novel from Canadian writer Yann Martel, is a case in point: just about the only thing you can say for certain about it is that it is fiercely and admirably unique. The plot, if that’s the right word, concerns the oceanic wanderings of a lost boy, the young and eager Piscine Patel of the title (Pi). After a colourful and loving upbringing in gorgeously-hued India, the Muslim-Christian-animistic Pi sets off for a fresh start in Canada. His blissful voyage is rudely interrupted when his boat is scuppered halfway across the Pacific, and he is forced to rough it in a lifeboat with a hyena, a monkey, a whingeing zebra and a tiger called Richard. That would be bad enough, but from here on things get weirder: the animals start slaughtering each other in a veritable frenzy of allegorical bloodlust, until Richard the tiger and Pi are left alone to wander the wastes of ocean, with plenty of time to ponder their fate, the cruelty of the gods, the best way to handle storms and the various different recipes for oothappam, scrapple and coconut yam kootu. The denouement is pleasantly neat. According to the blurb, thirtysomething Yann Martel spent long years in Alaska, India, Mexico, France, Costa Rica, Turkey and Iran, before settling in Canada. All those cultures and more have been poured into this spicy, vivacious, kinetic and very entertaining fiction."

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to shorten contraforsa's wishlist :-)

I just received this book as a RABCK from ApoloniaX and I am jumping around with joy :-) Along with it came another book from Saramago and a wonderful postcard! ApoloniaX I cannot thank you enough! It was such a nice thing to do, sending me a book which was on my wishlist and in addition to that another one that I am really looking forward to read! THANK YOU! DANKESCHÖN! ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ!!!!

This one was a very special book. Although it was at some points difficult for me to understand everything, I did feel captivated by the book right from the very beginning until its end. Pi's adventure is one that leaves one breathless, even without its powerfull (and for me very shocking) ending. This one was definately one of the best books I read this summer and I am for sure going to buy it in its greek translation, so that I can revise the parts I 've missed! Thank you very very much once more ApoloniaX for such a nice Rabck, which is just a small one in comparison to what has followed from then on :-)...

I received it as a RABCK by contraforsa 'cause it was in my wishlist! Thank you very much, it was very sweet! I'm really looking forward to reading it!

yeaaah I finally read it! and I'm really glad I did 'cause I loved it!!! first of all it kept my interest and agitation at all times, even though if someone had told me what it was about I wouldn't expect it! and then comes the ending!!! I was too really socked both because I wasn't expecting such an ending and because I found it even more clever and interesting having ended this way...so yes! I really liked this book and I will be missing Pi and Richard Parker. thank you once more for sending this book to me contraforsa!
Now I am going to take it with me to Italy, where I'm going to travel soon and release it somewhere so it can continue its journey on a third country!

I took this book with me at my trip in Rome in order to release it somewhere when I realised the hotel I'm staying at is called Parker, like one of the main characters of the book that's called Richard Parker, so I thought it was meant to be released at the hotel!
I will leave it somewhere at the reception.


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