The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

A poster of the movie

While I was stuck indoors regaining my strength after my first operation , I did a lot of reading not only on the computer but also from books. On my tablet I found "the Life of Pi".
 Now I was probably the only person who hadn't seen the technically wonderful version of this movie  telling the story of the book. I knew the movie had received some kind of Academy award and who could have missed the trailers that appeared on TV. I knew that there was an Indian boy who appeared to be on a boat with a very handsome and large tiger and other animals appeared as well.
I thought from the trailers that this was akin to a Disney movie and as such it probably was very good for the right audience ( children) but not interesting for me.
So when I picked up the book and started to read. I was in for a good surprise. It is a very well written book with so much information  and also imagination that it is a most intriguing story to read. It really held my interest.

Yann Martel, the author. obviously did a great deal of research into animal behavior and I found out all kinds of things about animals that I had not know before. Also I was intrigued with the way the 3 major religions came into the story in such a shared way.

It has a good plot line. You hope Pi is going to make it to Canada although the alternate story told to the insurance company leaves you wondering.

A very different kind of book to read.
I must try and see the movie.