Showing results by author "Yann Martel" in All Categories

Una nuova leggenda sovverte la prospettiva regale dei poemi epici sulla guerra di Troia: a differenza dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea che cantano di re, eroi e dei, qui il protagonista è Psoas di Midea, umile pastore, che lascia la moglie e la famiglia per combattere a Troia, riuscendo a sfidare e sconfiggere un figlio del re Priamo.

One boy, one boat, one tiger.... British comedian, actor and broadcaster Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE performs this brilliant edition of a work of fiction that is loved by fans around the world. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16 year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for an extraordinary adventure.

When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist; it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey - named Beatrice and Virgil - and the epic journey they undertake together.

With this highly anticipated new audiobook, the author of the best-selling Life of Pi returns to the storytelling power and luminous wisdom of his master novel. The High Mountains of Portugal is a suspenseful, mesmerising story of a great quest for meaning, told in three intersecting narratives that touch the lives of three different people and their families, and taking us on an extraordinary journey through the last century.

Here are four unforgettable stories by Yann Martel, the New York Times best-selling author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, set against the yearly march of the 20th century.

Lissabon, 1904: In einem Automobil begibt sich der junge Tomás auf eine abenteuerliche Expedition in die Hohen Berge Portugals. Ein tragikomischer Roadtrip beginnt, der ein unvermutetes Ende nimmt. Doch das ist erst der Anfang einer fantastischen Geschichte, die die einsame Gegend noch Jahrzehnte später umweht wie ein unauslöschlicher Zauber.

Fate takes many forms. . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Fifteen years after The Life of Pi, Yann Martel is taking us on another long journey. Fans of his Man Booker Prize–winning novel will recognize familiar themes from that seafaring phenomenon, but the itinerary in this imaginative new book is entirely fresh...

Yann Martel’s astonishing novel begins with a successful writer attempting to publish his latest book, made up of a novel and an essay. Henry plans for it to be a “flip book” that the reader can start at either end, reading the novel or the essay first, because both pieces are equally...

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Esquire Marie Claire Art+ The Times The Guardian The Observer The Financial Times BBC The Sydney Morning Herald A Globe and Mail Spring 2026 Read Featured in The American Booksellers Association's Spring 2026...

Po tragickém ztroskotání japonské nákladní lodi Tsimtsum, převážející majitele zoo s rodinou i jeho zvířata z Indie do Kanady, se na rozbouřené hladině Tichého oceánu pohupuje osamělý záchranný člun. Posádka člunu se skládá z hyeny skvrnité, zebry (se zlomenou nohou), samice orangutana, dvoumetrového bengálského tygra – a šestnáctiletého indického chlapce jménem Pí. Kulisy jsou připravené pro jeden z nejpozoruhodnějších anglosaských románů současnosti, oceněného prestižní britskou literární cenu Man Booker Prize.

Il naufragio di Piscine Molitor Patel, un ragazzo indiano chiamato da tutti Pi, e quattro insoliti compagni di viaggio - una zebra ferita, un orango, una iena e una tigre - si trasforma in un'avventura sospesa tra realtà e magia. La sfida del protagonista sarà la sopravvivenza nonostante la sete, la fame, gli squali e la furia del mare.