false 12585989 96888 4214 0770430074 9780770430078 9707 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4214.Life_of_Pi 3.79 88241 Life of Pi, appeared in Canada in 2001 to enthusiastic reviews and moderate sales. A year later, it came out of nowhere to win the Booker Prize and became an international publishing phenomenon (and Amazon.ca's first blockbuster). In a wonderful display of storytelling verve, Martel takes a distinctly unpromising premise--a "story that will make you believe in God" about a boy trapped on a lifeboat with an enormous tiger--and pulls it off with complete and winning confidence.]]> 811 3.79 105331 12824 2001 2 27 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 10:56:14 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 09:00:35 -0800 2008
I read half of it, and felt really impatient the whole time, skipping whole pages, and then I realized that I didn't have to keep going, which is as spiritual a moment as I could hope to g...more...]]>