TY - BOOK AU - Martel,Yann TI - Life of Pi: a novel SN - 9780857865533 (pbk.) U1 - 813.54 MAR 23 PY - 2001/// CY - Edinburgh, U.K. PB - Canongate KW - Shipwreck survival KW - Fiction KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Story telling KW - Teenage boys KW - Ocean travel KW - Zoo animals KW - Orphans KW - Tiger KW - Pacific Ocean N1 - Previously published: 2002 N2 - "After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16 year old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years." UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/9780156027328/ ER -