{"title":"Martel, Yann","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"life-of-pi-yann-martel-paperback","title":"Life of Pi -- Yann Martel, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA MODERN CLASSIC AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan--and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi Patel, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with the tiger, Richard Parker, for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them the truth. After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction.--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yann Martel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156027328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 14-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e65915 \/ Life of Pi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2003 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2014 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of Canadian parents. \"Life of Pi\" won the 2002 Man Booker Prize and has been translated into more than forty languages. A #1 \"New York Times\" bestseller, it spent eighty-seven weeks on the list and was adapted to the screen by Ang Lee. He is also the author of the novels \"Beatrice and Virgil\" and \"Self,\" the collection of stories \"The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios,\" and a collection of letters to the prime minister of Canada, \"101 Letters to a Prime Minister.\" He lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martel, Yann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43951475163364,"sku":"9780156027328","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/71wW1coSR0L.jpg?v=1778581286"},{"product_id":"son-of-nobody-yann-martel-hardcover","title":"Son of Nobody -- Yann Martel, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/em\u003e is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows a goatherd's son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight with the Greeks at Troy. This commoner's story was lost to time--until Harlow Donne, a Canadian academic who has left his own wife and daughter behind to study at Oxford, discovers its relics nearly thirty centuries later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs sole translator and interpreter of \u003cem\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/em\u003e, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, a personal message to his beloved child appears in the ancient text, like a palimpsest. Despite the thousands of years and hundreds of miles that separate Psoas and Harlow, a thread hasn't frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of love, ambition, and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers from the plains of Troy to the halls of Oxford, from the classical to the contemporary, from ancient verses to modern footnotes. 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