I always carry with me at least couple of books whereever i go, whether or not I read them. One such book that has been with me for more than 6 weeks was 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel and i could mange only 20 pages during that time. My relocation to Bangalore brought salvation for the book.
On reading the following outline...
"The story of Pi, an unusual boy brought up on a zoo in India. Pi's father decides to move the family to Canada, but when the ship taking them across the Pacific sinks Pi finds himself on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg and a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Somehow he must survive."
was drawn into it and immediately bought the book without any hesitation.
This was one of the book that shall give you an indication of how strong is human survival instinct during the most adverse times.
The narration is too simple and realistic from the mind of a 16 year old boy. The narration was wrapped with very fine sense of humor, which made it a good reading. Though at somepoint the narration was dragging (not boring!), which made me flip through few pages, still made a good read.
This book had won Booker Prize and defintely not the one to be missed.
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