Can I read Life of Pi on EtoBox?
Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Life of Pi about?
Yann Martel’s warmly engaging philosophical novel is brimming with invention, ideas and playful conceits. A true modern classic.Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is his third novel. It is narrated by Pi (Piscine) Molitor, who grows up as the son of a zoo manager in India. As a boy, Pi practices not only Hinduism but also the teachings of Christianity and Islam – in his eyes, all different yet equal ways of knowing God. In 1976, when The Emergency is announced, the Molitors’ zoo animals are sold, and Pi and his family embark on a Japanese freight ship to North America. It sinks a few days into its passage. Pi is left alone on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a tiger named Richard Parker. He is rescued after 227 days afloat, barring one excursion to a surreally depicted carnivorous island. "Despite the extraordinary premise and literary playfulness, one reads Life of Pi not so much as an allegory or magical-realist fable, but as an edge-of-seat adventure." - Justine Jordan, The Guardian"Right out of the gate, Life of Pi is full of fierce but friendly storytelling energy. It's a real adventure: brutal, tender, expressive, dramatic and disarmingly funny. (...) Though it's s
Who reads Life of Pi?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Yann Martel
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781616803490
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (148 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14