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Reviewed on October 6, 2011 | Fiction
Wherein Hero temporarily enters a different world and is greatly changed by his experiences there. He returns improved, perhaps, writes Booker, "moved from ignorance to knowledge." Five stages begin with a Fall into the other world; in Martel's elegant Life of Pi , Pi is on the brink of adulthood when his ship sinks, and he is a castaway for 227 days. First adrift on a lifeboat, then stranded on an island, he gets back into the lifeboat and makes it to Mexico. Did I mention the Bengal tiger? That's key to the next stage: Initial Fascinati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
