Fate takes many forms . . .
When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together.
With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
Fate takes many forms . . .
When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulling into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together.
With all the spirit and orginality that made Life of Pi so treasured, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way, Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.
The long-awaited new novel from the author of the multi-million copy-selling Life of Pi
Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963. After studying philosophy at university, he worked at odd jobs and travelled before turning to writing. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, which was translated into thirty-eight languages. Yann Martel lives in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Every page offers something of tension, humanity, surprise, or even
ecstasy
* * The Times on Life of Pi * *
Ultimately uplifting
* * Daily Mail on Life of Pi * *
A terrific book ... fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed
with absorbing lore
* * Sunday Times on Life of Pi * *
A hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand
originality
* * Daily Telegraph on Life of Pi * *
This enormously lovable novel is suffused with wonder . . . this is
fiction probing the imaginative realm with scientific exactitude,
twisting reality to "bring out its essence"
* * Guardian on Life of Pi * *
Audaciously original, never less than engrossing, often disturbing,
and in its denouement truly horrifying.
* * The Telegraph Magazine * *
A slim but potent exploration of the nature of survival in the face
of evil.
* * The Huffington Post * *
As an elliptical fable, [Beatrice and Virgil] is a model of clarity
and dread.
* * The Herald, Arts Supplement * *
Somewhere between Beckett and Ionesco...with its textures of genre
and allegory, there also comes an explosion of ideas that keep the
pages turning...a wild, provocative novel.
* * The Independent on Sunday * *
[Beatrice and Virgil] is elaborately structured, with narratives
tucked into other narratives and, in terms of themes, more layers
than an Italian wedding cake.
* * Sunday Telegraph, Seven * *
Quirky.
* * Vogue * *
We're gripped...
* * Harper's Bazaar * *
A masterpiece, no question.
* * Readers Digest * *
A daringly original work.
* * Psychologies * *
Never less than powerful and affecting . . . Martel is incapable of
writing a dull sentence.
* * Dail Express * *
Beatrice and Virgil are deeply affecting creations.
* * Time Out * *
Fascinating.
* * Literary Review * *
Strong stuff.
* * Hot Press * *
Beatrice and Vigil is an outstanding intellectual achievement.
* * The List * *
An unsettling exploration of the power and difficulty and dangers
of storytelling.
* * Waterstone's Books Quarterly * *
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