Life of Pi

Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel. Fanciful tale of a young Indian boy who finds himself on a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger after the ship they are traveling on sinks. First the boy, named Pi Patel, must learn how to survive on the wide Pacific Ocean with only the provisions that come with the lifeboat; and second, he must tame the tiger so that they can co-exist on the lifeboat. It's a striking story of survival under extreme conditions, but also somewhat tedious in the piling up of detail that is necessary to describe how he survives. Overall, worth reading. Grade: B