Life of Pi

ISBN 978-1-86478-145-8

The Neap smartstudy® English text guide to Life of Pi comprehensively analyses Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize winning novel. After a cargo ship accident kills his family, 16-year-old Pi finds himself drifting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra and a 450 pound Bengal tiger. The extraordinary tale of survival and faith explores human nature, spirituality and the difference between a compelling story and reality.

Key features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• sample essays with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

(GST Inc.)