Life of Pi

The novel "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, published in 2001, is a philosophical tale about a young Indian boy named Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel who survives 227 days on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger. The novel explores themes of spirituality, metaphysics, and the nature of reality, and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, winning numerous awards, including the Man Booker Prize and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. The book's plot follows Pi's journey from his childhood in Pondicherry, India, where he grows up in a zoo, to his experiences on the lifeboat with the tiger, Richard Parker, and his later recounting of his story.learn more on wikipedia