Description
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Lost in Portugal.
Lost to grief.
With nothing but a chimpanzee.
A man thrown backwards by heartbreak goes in search of an artefact that could unsettle history. A woman carries her husband to a doctor in a suitcase. A Canadian senator begins a new life, in a new country, in the company of a chimp called Odo. From these stories of journeying, of loss and faith, Yann Martel makes a novel unlike any other: moving, profound and magical.
A New York Times Bestseller
An Australian Independent Bookseller Bestseller
#1 on The Globe & Mail's Bestseller List
#1 on Toronto Star's Bestseller List
#1 on Maclean's Bestseller List
#1 on National Post's Bestseller List
#1 on McNally Robinson's Bestseller List
An ABA Indie Bestseller
About the Author
Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers, and their four children.
Reviews
Replete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight * * The Times * *
Moments of real wonder . . . glorious * * Sunday Times * *
His best since Life of Pi . . . miraculous * * Washington Post * *
Surprising and yet entirely believable * * Observer * *
Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin * * Guardian * *
Engagingly readable * * Daily Mail * *
[Martel's] depiction of loss is raw and deeply affecting . . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique * * Telegraph * *
Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * Daily Express * *
A book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis
Lucid and thought provoking * * Mail on Sunday * *
Replete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight * * The Times * *
Moments of real wonder . . . glorious * * Sunday Times * *
His best since Life of Pi . . . miraculous * * Washington Post * *
Surprising and yet entirely believable * * Observer * *
Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin * * Guardian * *
Engagingly readable * * Daily Mail * *
[Martel's] depiction of loss is raw and deeply affecting . . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique * * Telegraph * *
Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * Daily Express * *
A book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis
Lucid and thought provoking * * Mail on Sunday * *
Awards
Short-listed for The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards - Fiction (with a sense of place) 2017 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9781838859572
Author Yann Martel
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Canongate Books
Publisher Canongate Books
Weight(grams) 428g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 25mm