鲸鱼打火匣

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[ About the Author ]

Trent University alumnus Yann Martel has been awarded the prestigious German Book Prize for his novel Life of Pi, the story of a young man who finds himself stranded in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a Bengal tiger. Mr. Martel was the only Canadian author shortlisted for the prize.

The award was announced by the Saskatoon Public Library, where Mr. Martel is writer in residence until June 30, 2004. There, Mr. Martel is working on his own writing project which involves rewriting some stories from his first book, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, a collection of short stories. The United Kingdom will be reissuing the book and the United States will be publishing it for the first time, states the library's Web site.

Mr. Martel won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2002 for Life of Pi. The Man Booker Prize is one of the pre-eminent literary prizes worldwide. Previous winners include Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, and Margaret Atwood.

A student at Trent University during the 1980s, Mr. Martel graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1985.

Download the Book：

少年Pi的海上漂流 [ download ]

Listen to Yann Martel read from Life of Pi ：

[海 鱼 光] [ Sea,Fish,Light ]

[活] [ Survival Tips ] 

[天空 苦涩] [ Sky,Suffering ]

WENLOCK EDGE
by ALICE MUNRO
Issue of 2005-12-05
Posted 2005-11-28

My mother had a bachelor cousin a good deal younger than her, who used to visit us on the farm every summer. He brought along his mother, Aunt Nell Botts. His own name was Ernie Botts. He was a tall, florid man with a good-natured expression, a big square face, and fair curly hair springing straight up from his forehead. His hands, his fingernails were as clean as soap itself; his hips were a little plump. My name for him—when he was not around—was Earnest Bottom. I had a mean tongue.

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