Yann Martel

Beatrice and Virgil is Canadian writer Yann Martel's third novel. First published in April 2010, it contains an allegorical tale about representations of the Holocaust. It tells the story of Henry, a novelist, who receives the manuscript of a play in a letter from a reader. Intrigued, Henry traces the letter to a …

L'Histoire de Pi est un roman fantastique écrit par Yann Martel et publié en 2001. Le héros, Piscine Molitor « Pi » Patel, un jeune Indien de Pondichéry, explore dès l'enfance les questions sur la spiritualité et le sens pratique. Survivant d'un naufrage, il traverse l'océan Pacifique pendant 227 jours dans un canot …

Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon. Inventive in form and timeless in content, each story is moving and thought-provoking. A Canadian …

Edgy, funny and devastating, Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer at the heart of which is a startling twist. This extraordinary life meanders through a rich, complicated, bittersweet world. The discoveries of childhood give way to the thousand pangs of adolescence, culminating in the sudden shocking …