Life of Pi | Critical Overview
The U.S. publication of Life of Pi in mid-2002 was preceded by its publication in Canada in 2001 and the United Kingdom in early 2002. In Great Britain, The Daily Telegraph (London) criticized it as a novel that “never really comes alive in the emotional sense” due to its concern with pursuing “a series of narrative questions and solutions.” Nonetheless, it praised Martel’s book as a “hilarious novel, full of clever tricks, amusing asides and grand originality.” The London Observer echoed this praise in saying that...
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