Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime & FREE Returns
Return this item for free
  • Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges
  • Learn more about free returns.
FREE delivery Sunday, August 14 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon
Or fastest delivery Thursday, August 11. Order within 4 hrs 54 mins
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app. Want to listen? Try Audible.
[{"displayPrice":"$17.00","priceAmount":17.00,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"17","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"00","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"Y5XLod3k06Z6GB8LZ7fZhhpVaaC4kMJ%2B%2FPv%2BXmy363ZZo%2BCxwefFiE82R3D3K08DDvp%2BqRl05GtWdSedip17A8Yc1%2B5ApSxjYoHZvqslErMMnn7nykqrfuyepBZeb8ngE1e2iB4DqwlCFQJyNwXL4p%2FVVZMjPZpdWbSvXuY6Y17IFTVEhSA9gSQYlqBIq7F6","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$8.35","priceAmount":8.35,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"8","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"35","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"Y5XLod3k06Z6GB8LZ7fZhhpVaaC4kMJ%2BVpPvisltAJLIH5PnRovCCfsMWVZfflqL%2F9r0g%2Fe2cQ3ZJ%2FqNroMXkcQObBlnk%2Bf5qRfzMR%2FDP%2B%2FSo5UE0bMu%2BekIp7HVwqF3NNl1o1CRGjs3PH%2FlLRd%2BgajkISYOGHDo%2Blv3n9T4Myc%2FPJDLqihpI963vY4tCDuT","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]
$$17.00 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$17.00
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Ships from
Amazon
Sold by
Ships from
Amazon
Sold by
Return policy: Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Life of Pi has been added to your Cart
Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime
FREE delivery Sunday, August 14 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon
Or fastest delivery Thursday, August 11. Order within 4 hrs 54 mins
Condition: Used: Good
Comment: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation. If you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Share <Embed>
Have one to sell?
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Learn more

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Flip to back Flip to front
Listen Playing... Paused   You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

Follow the Author

Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Life of Pi Mass Market Paperback – May 3, 2004

4.5 out of 5 stars 13,945 ratings

Price
New from Used from
Kindle
Mass Market Paperback
$17.00
$7.95 $1.00

Enhance your purchase


Beat the heat with a great read Explore deals and books in every genre

Buy it with

  • Life of Pi
  • +
  • Siddhartha: A Novel
Total price:
To see our price, add these items to your cart.
One of these items ships sooner than the other.
Choose items to buy together.
Popular Highlights in this book

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."

An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. --Brad Thomas Parsons

Review

PRAISE FOR LIFE OF PI

"
Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life."— The New York Times Book Review

"A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."—
Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A gripping adventure story . . . Laced with wit, spiced with terror, it's a book by an extraordinary talent."—
St. Paul Pioneer-Press

"A terrific book . . . Fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore."— Margaret Atwood

"An impassioned defense of zoos, a death-defying trans-Pacific sea adventure a la
Kon-Tiki, and a hilarious shaggy-dog story . . . : This audacious novel manages to be all of these." — The New Yorker

"Readers familiar with Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields should learn to make room on the map of contemporary Canadian fiction for the formidable Yann Martel." —
Chicago Tribune

Where to next? Discover our top virtual tours
Amazon Explore Browse now

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books (May 3, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 401 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0156030209
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0156030205
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 1.2 x 6.7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 13,945 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

Yann Martel, the son of diplomats, was born in Spain in 1963. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska, and Canada and as an adult has spent time in Iran, Turkey, and India. After studying philosophy in college, he worked at various odd jobs until he began earning his living as a writer at the age of twenty-seven. He lives in Montreal.

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5 out of 5
13,945 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020
9 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2016
57 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021
3 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2019
3 people found this helpful
Report abuse

Top reviews from other countries

Janie U
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written, deep and spiritual
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2014
7 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Dyl
5.0 out of 5 stars A great story beautifully written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2013
16 people found this helpful
Report abuse
A. Nichol
4.0 out of 5 stars Starts well, ends well, but with a few damp patches
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2015
3 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Reviewer
5.0 out of 5 stars A film to be remembered forever.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2020
One person found this helpful
Report abuse
Roger Risborough
5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't believe what I tell you, read it yourself
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2012
3 people found this helpful
Report abuse