Yann Martel
Born
in Salamanca, Spain
June 25, 1963
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Life of Pi
420 editions
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published
2001
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Beatrice and Virgil
85 editions
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published
2010
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The High Mountains of Portugal
24 editions
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published
2016
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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
59 editions
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published
1993
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Self
24 editions
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published
1996
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What is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes
7 editions
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published
2009
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We Ate the Children Last
2 editions
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published
2004
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101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper
9 editions
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2011
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The Moon Above His Head
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2011
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Life of Pi
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“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in your mind, always ... so you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
Polls
Jane and I were discussing The Morning News Tournament of Books during one of the weekly chats and we decided to pick one of the books from their list for our March read. I'm choosing a selection of books from the long list. (You can check out details on this yearly tournament here: http://www.themorningnews.org/article...). This poll will be open for one week. Last day to vote...Saturday, February 11.
Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood

My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout

The Fireman
Joe Hill

Commonwealth
Ann Patchett

All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders

The Queen of the Night
Alexander Chee

The Girls
Emma Cline

The Wonder
Emma Donoghue

Margaret the First
Danielle Dutton

The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel

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