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Toronto: Alfred A Knopf Canada, 2001. Undetermined. very good. Uncorrected Proof Copy. xiii, 352pp. Octavo. Printed wrappers with the now famous cover design of smiling lion and flying fish used for the Canadian first edition. Vertical crease along joint of the front wrapper and spine. Some minor creasing/shelfwear to edges of wrappers and a slight crease to first 6 leaves of text block, else a crisp and unmarked copy. very good A very scarce uncorrected proof of the Canadian first edition of Martel's modern classic and winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2002. Later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film by Ang Lee. Martel's second novel. 2001
Sinopsis
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives227 days after a shipwreck, while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. The novel was first published by Knopf Canada in September 2001, and the UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.
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- Librería
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 134180
- Título
- Life of Pi
- Autor
- Martel, Yann
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Alfred A Knopf Canada
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
- Palabras clave
- Books into Films|Canadian Literature|Literature|Uncorrected Proof
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