Yann Martel Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

IN LISBON IN 1904 a man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artefact that - if he can find it - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, Tomás sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery of his own, and is drawn into the consequences of Tomás's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator seeks refuge in his ancestral village in Northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old adventure will come to its stirring conclusion. A quest through the twentieth century, The High Mountains of Portugal tells a tale of great love and great loss. Written with all the warmth, wit and colour one would expect from the author of Life of Pi, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century - and through the human heart.

Wanneer een schrijver met een writer's block door een oude dierenpreparateur wordt benaderd om hem te helpen met zijn toneelstuk over de vernietiging van het dierenrijk, ontdekt hij dat de man niet is wie hij lijkt te zijn.

À la suite d’une pénible rencontre à Londres où son nouveau livre, s’inspirant de l’abomination nazie, est rejeté par ses éditeurs, Henry rentre chez lui et cesse d’écrire. Une page semble tournée. Henry continue de répondre à ses lecteurs qui se passionnent pour son dernier roman paru. Or voici qu’il reçoit un courrier où l’un d’eux lui demande son aide. C’est un taxidermiste, mais aussi un apprenti-écrivain dont l’histoire de Béatrice et Virgile, une ânesse et un singe, est saisissante. Cette fable qui semble évoquer l’Holocauste captive Henry: tout se passe comme si ce qu’il avait cru perdu à Londres renaissait sous ses yeux.

Four-year-old Romochka is left alone in a dark empty Moscow apartment. After a few days, hunger drives him outside, where he sees a large, yellow dog loping past and follows her to her lair on the outskirts of the city. During the seasons that follow, Romochka changes from a boy into something far wilder. He learns to see in the dark, attack enemies with tooth and claw, and understand the strict pack code. But when he begins to hunt in the city, the world of human beings, it is only a matter of time before the authorities take an interest...

Piscine Molitor Patel è indiano, ha sedici anni, è affascinato da tutte le religioni, e porta il nome di una piscina. Nome non facile che dà adito a stupidi scherzi e giochi di parole. Fino al giorno in cui decide di essere per tutti solo e soltanto Pi. Durante il viaggio che lo deve condurre in Canada con la sua famiglia e gli animali dello zoo che il padre dirige, la nave mercantile fa naufragio. Pi si ritrova su una scialuppa, alla deriva nell'Oceano Pacifico, in compagnia soltanto di quattro animali. Tempo pochi giorni e della zebra ferita, dell’orango del Borneo e della iena isterica non resta che qualche osso cotto dal sole. A farne piazza pulita è stat Richard Parker, la tigre del Bengala con cui Pi è ora costretto a dividere quei pochi metri. Contro ogni logica, il ragazzo decide di ammaestrarla. La loro sfida è la sopravvivenza, nonostante la sete, la fame, gli squali, la furia del mare e il sale che corrode la pelle. Il loro è un viaggio straordinario, ispirato e terribile, ironico e violento, che ci porta molto più lontano di quanto avessimo mai potuto immaginare. A scoprire che la stessa storia può essere mille altre storie. E che riaccende la nostra fede nella magia e nel potere delle parole.Acclamato come un nuovo classico dalla critica, "Vita di Pi" è un libro unico, miracolosamente sospeso tra realismo e magia, un po’ romanzo di avventura e un po’ favola surreale dall’inattesa anima nera

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 news of an accident abroad. And as adulthood begins, indecisively, boundaries are crossed between countries, languages and people . . .

This superb collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. From the last hours of a condemned man, to the imaginary life of an AIDS patient, to the first performance of a bizarre new symphony, Yann Martel's stories are moving, thought-provoking and as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display the startling mix of dazzle and depth that has made him an international phenomenon.