Life of Pi (original 2001; edition 2003)

by Yann Martel

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Title	Life of Pi
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LC Subjects	Adventure fiction Human-animal relationships Fiction Literary prizes Great Britain Fiction Ocean travel Fiction Orphans Fiction Pacific Ocean Fiction Psychological fiction Shipwreck victims India Fiction Storytelling Fiction Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. Fiction Suspense fiction Suspense fiction. Psychological fiction. Adventure fiction Teenage boys Fiction Tigers Fiction Zoo animals Fiction
Lexile® measure	ISBN 0156027321: 830L ISBN 0151008116: 830L ISBN 0156027321: 830L ISBN 0151008116: 830L
Original language	English
Default work title	Life of Pi
Other language titles	Bulgarian : Животът на Пи Catalan : Història de Pi Chinese, traditional : 少年Pi的奇幻漂流 Czech : Pí a jeho život Danish : Pi's liv : roman Dutch : Het leven van Pi English : Life of Pi Estonian : Pii elu : [romaan] Finnish : Piin elämä French : L'histoire de Pi German : Schiffbruch mit Tiger Greek : Η ζωη του Πι Hebrew : חיי פיי Hungarian : Pi élete Indonesian : Life of Pi (Kisah Pi) Italian : Vita di Pi Japanese : パイの物語 Norwegian : Historien om Pi Norwegian (Bokmål) : Historien om Pi : en roman Polish : Życie Pi Portuguese : A Vida de Pi Romanian : Viața lui Pi Russian : Жизнь Пи Slovenian : Pijevo življenje Spanish : Vida de Pi Swedish : Berättelsen om Pi Turkish : Pi'nin yaşamı Undetermined : Pi's liv

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