TY - BOOK AU - Martel,Yann TI - Life of Pi: A Novel SN - 9781841954257 U1 - 813 PY - 2001/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Canongate Books Ltd KW - Novel KW - Adventure fiction KW - Psychological Fiction N1 - Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ER -