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The Kaktus Albir Hotel is a modern five floor property situated on the shores of the ... more
Mediterranean sea, four kilometres from the city of Altea and its golf course. The hotel features 203 air conditioned guestrooms with decor and furnishings in light pa...
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Advantages: Imaginative,funny and captivating. Disadvantages: none
and India; the latter country became the place where he found his inspiration for this novel.
He has been making a living by writing since the age of twenty-seven, publishing a book of short stories and going on to become a critically acclaimed author with his novel ?Self?
?Life of Pi? is his third novel and the winner of The Man Booker Prize 2002.
He lives in Montreal where he continues his writing, I for one hope to see a new novel as soon as possible.
Introduction
Under the title of ?Author?s Note? Martel weaves true life with a touch of fantasy to explain the background of this novel, using it as if he was hunting down the story for himself by means of talking to Pi, the hero of the story. Various notes throughout the story keep this fantasy alive and are a work of art in themselves.
What attracted me to this novel? The back ...
Advantages: Very well-written, funny, unputdownable Disadvantages: As with every book, it has to finish at some point
LIfe of Pi is a story about a teenage boy living in India in the 1970s; nothing is particularly staid about Pi: his name is short for Piscine (as in the French word for 'swimming pool), his father runs a zoo, and Pi decides that there is room in his heart for Hinduism, Christianity and Islam (at one point he thanks Lord Krishna for bringing Jesus into his life)!
However, Pi's father decides to relocate to Canada, and on the journey (which he has to share with many of the zoo inhabitants) across the ocean to the new continent, Pi's ship is wrecked and he finds himself stuck on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg and a large Bengal tiger.
What ensues is Pi's attempt to survive in this highly unusual situation, which he does for far longer than would be expected
I found this book very readable and felt quite ...
Advantages: A great story, endless interpretive possibilities Disadvantages: Slow to get going
Writing about religion can be a tricky business. If you're too controversial, you're pretty much guaranteed to upset an awful lot of people (although it never did Dan Brown any harm). Go too far the other way, and it can all seem a bit dogmatic, alienating a large proportion of your potential readership. However, strike the right balance, and you could just end up with a story that challenges and provokes its readers as much as it entertains them - this is almost certainly what Yann Martel has achieved here.
Of course, Life of Pi isn't necessarily a religious story at all; the subject is approached within the text, but if you choose not to find such meaning in the subtext, the only reference to the topic exists as a side-point in the character development, and need not impinge on your reading at all. Approach from the opposite ...
