With each rereading, I find that Yann Martel’s breakthrough novel Life of Pi (published in 2001) provides more to discover within the original voice of its narrator. Pi is endlessly optimistic despite the tragedy that leaves him orphaned from his family. His knowledge of the natural world provides a slim thread of plausibility to his tale about being stranded on a boat with four animals. Also, his faith as an Islamic Christian Hindu focuses on peace and inclusivity for all (it’s the agnostics, Pi says, that confuse him because they won’t make a choice).

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