Life of Pi Summary
Yann Martel

In the following mixed review of The Life of Pi, Kaveney argues that the discussions of religious issues within the novel are unconvincing. Sometimes, the best part of a novel is not the elaborate con... Read more

In the following review, Innes discusses the themes of religious faith and doubt in The Life of Pi. If Canadian writer Yann Martel were a preacher, he'd be charismatic, funny and convert all th... Read more

In the following review, Mishra discusses Martel's treatment of the theme of religious faith in The Life of Pi. Halfway through Yann Martel's first novel, Self (1996), the young first-pe... Read more

In the following review, Cobb views The Life of Pi as an extremely well-written and engrossing novel about religious faith and doubt. Yann Martel won Britain's most prestigious literary award, ... Read more

In the following review, Smith is generally critical of The Life of Pi, asserting that Martel offers a confused discourse on religious faith. This ultra-linear novel [Life of Pi] begins with, and not ... Read more

In the following review of The Life of Pi, Whitlock contends that the main body of the novel is exhilarating, gripping, and wonderful, but observes that the narrative framework of the story is superfl... Read more

In the following review of The Life of Pi, Lin judges Martel as an original and powerful storyteller, but feels the novel as a whole is uneven in quality. Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi is the ... Read more

Yann Martel wrote the thrilling novel The Life of Pi, his most proclaimed novel. The main character Piscine Pascal a raconteur, also known as Pi, becomes deracinated almost a year when his family's ca... Read more

In the beginning of Life of Pi, the author opens up with a detailed description of the sloth, the different types, the speed, and the wittiness. It survives by being slow and because of its slowness; ... Read more

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination" -Tommy Lasorda. In the book Life of Pi, author Yann Martel plays with reality and the unfeasible when he s... Read more

"The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering, I should turn to God." (283-284) In the "Life o... Read more

Changes at Sea An Analysis of The Life Of Pi By: Denys Pavlov The Life of Pi was written by Yann Martel, and it is about a sixteen-year-old boy stuck on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The main c... Read more