Large Print Book
Life of Pi
Record details
- ISBN: 0739377957 (lg. print) :
- ISBN: 9780739377956 (lg. print) :
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Physical Description:
xix, 480 p. (large print) ; 20 cm.
large print - Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, 2010.
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| Genre: | Large print books. Action and adventure fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | LT MARTE Y (Text) | 33126016084505 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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Pi Patel, a zookeeper's son, sets sail for America with his family, but when the ship sinks, he finds himself lost at sea on a life boat with four animals, which eventually dwindle down to one--a hungry Bengal tiger. - Random House, Inc.
The Jungle Book meets Not Wanted On the Voyage in a triumph of storytelling and originality: a novel, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God.
Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in Pondicherry, India, where his family runs a zoo. Little Pi is a great reader. He devours books on Hinduism, Christianity and Islam, and to the surprise of his secular parents, becomes devoted to all three religions. When the parents decide to emigrate to Canada, the family boards a cargo ship with many of the animals that are going to new zoological homes in North America, and bravely sets sail for the New World.
Alas, the ship sinks. A solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the surface of the wild blue Pacific. In it are five survivors: Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi manages to keep his wits about him as the animals begin to assert their places in the foodchain; it is the tiger, Richard Parker, with whom he must develop an inviolable understanding.
Yann Martelâs Life of Pi is a transformative novel: a book to delight in, to talk about and treasure. It will convince the most jaded among us â and remind the rest â that something grander is afoot in our lives than we may have realized.
From the Hardcover edition.