Yann Martel

From the author of the international publishing sensation Life of Pi comes the story of a quest for a lost relic. The journey takes us from Africa in the 1600s through Portugal at the turn of the last century to contemporary North America. Showcasing Martel's trademark delight in the fundamental stories that unite us, The High Mountains of Portugal unfolds with a dazzling lightness of touch. With its intricately woven layers of meaning and all the pleasures and surprises of a good yarn, it is also a beautiful, tender, clear-eyed and heartfelt exploration of love, suffering, faith and evolution. By turns funny, tragic and sublime, The High Mountains of Portugal reminds us that it is our ability to weave remarkable stories out of our spiritual and philosophical concerns that makes us -- and keeps us -- human.

Schon in seinem ersten Buch zeigte Yann Martel sein wunderbares Vertrauen in die Kraft des Erzählens. Wenn eine seiner Figuren mit seinem an Aids erkrankten Freund die Geschichte der Familie Roccamatio aus Helsinki erfindet, um ihn am Leben zu halten, weiß er, Erzählen heißt Atmen. Oder wenn der Vietman-Veteran und Büroreinigungsfachmann ein Konzert für Streicher schreibt, um seiner "dissonanten Violine" einen Heldenpart zu geben, erzählt er gleichzeitig davon, wie seine Geige die Tage im Krieg erträglich gemacht haben. Immer geht es in den Geschichten um den schmalen Spalt des Möglichen, den nur ein Erzähler entdeckt, um die zarte Farbe der Humanität. Der Band erschien 1994 im Verlag Volk und Welt unter dem Titel "Aller Irrsinn dieses Seins". Für die Neuübersetzung hat Yann Martel die Texte überarbeitet.

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After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi—a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.

Canongate publishers has released a new edition of the bestselling novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which won the the Man Booker Prize in 2002. The new Life of Pi edition is already climbing the book charts following promotions with booksellers and an advertising campaign.

The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique voice is cause for celebration. This memorable debut from Booker prize winner Martel, originally published in 1993, was hailed for its power and elegance on both sides of the Atlantic. Dealing with such themes as storytelling and illness, war and music, death and bureaucracy, science and sex, these tales are moving and thought-provoking, as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon. This edition features three of the stories from the original edition, including the remarkable novella "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios", which won the prestigious Journey Prize, as well as three stories never before published in Britain. As a collection it looks set to further Martel's reputation as one of the most interesting writers working in the world today.

ESTE LIBRO INCLUYE EL LIBRO TIEMPO DE RELATOS DE REGALO Pi vive en India con su padre, el propietario del zoológico de la ciudad, pero deciden emigrar a Canadá y procurarse una vida mejor con la venta de los animales. La travesia se vera truncada por la tragedia: una terrible tormenta hace naufragar su barco. Pi tendra que echar mano de su ingenio para sobrevivir mientras los animales ocupan su puesto en la cadena de alimentacion.

One boy, one boat, one tiger ...After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan -- and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years.

Lisbonne, 1904. Frappé par le deuil, Tomas décide de tourner le dos au monde - littéralement : il ne marche plus qu'à reculons. Obsédé par un étrange petit livre datant du XVIIe siècle - le journ

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tom discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tom's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion. The High Mountains of Portugal --part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable--offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss

Nova novel·la de Yann Martel que captiva el lector en un periple emocionant ple de preguntes al voltant de la vida i el valor de l’art, la veritat i la decepció, la responsabilitat i la complicitat.

La història de Pi és l’aventura d’un noi indi de 16 anys que es va passar 227 dies en una barca salvavides amb l’única companyia d’un tigre de Bengala. El viatge, la supervivència i la peculiar relació que s’estableix entre l’home i l’animal dibuixen un relat màgic.