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Yann Martel
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Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2016]
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-- The High Mountains of Portugal -- The High Mountains of Portugal “Charming . . . Most Martellian is the boundless capacity for parable. . . . Martel knows his strengths: passages about the chimpanzee and his owner brim irresistibly with affection and attentiveness.” -- High Mountains, “Refreshing, surprising and filled with sparkling moments of humor and insight.” -- —Ursula K. Le Guin, -- — -- Star Tribune
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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 ... Ein unglaubliches und doch absolut glaubhaftes Meisterwerk über das Leben, den Tod und die Liebe -...
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Four stories by the Booker Prize-winning author. Includes "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios," "the Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Ranking String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton," "Manners of Dying," and "The Mirror Machine," each in its entirety. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon....
6) Life of Pi
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Based on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.