Life of Pi

About “Life of Pi”

A 2001 novel by Yann Martel follows a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, who survives a shipwreck and finds himself stranded in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The story begins after the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, leaving only the lifeboat floating on the Pacific Ocean. This novel is considered one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.