TY - BOOK AU - Martel, Yann, 1963- AU - AlliƩ, Manfred TI - Life of Pi : : a novel SN - 9780857865533 U1 - 813.54 TOR PY - 2012/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Canongate KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Fiction N1 - Originally published: Canada: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2002 "A novel." Jacket cover N2 - After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16 year old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years. ER -