Aug. 7 -- The Masters Book Club will be reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel as part of this month's "Read This" series. Join them by reading an excerpt of the book. He is trapped in a lifeboat, along ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Liane Hansen. How are we going to talk about what happened to us one day when it's over? That question is at the heart of Yann Martel's new novel, "Beatrice ...

When I first learned about the movie Life of Pi, I confess I was less than curious, having neither heard of nor read the book. Several years later, when it was adapted into a movie and then a Broadway ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “Life of Pi,” the book by Yann Martel, sold more than 15 million copies before the blockbuster film, and on Wednesday night, the Tony Award-winning theatrical experience opens ...

Get ready for an unbelievable ride. In 2001, Yann Martel published the bestselling novel “Life of Pi,” and it captured the imaginations of readers worldwide. In 2012, the book was adapted to the ...

For Pi Patel, hero of “Life of Pi,” survival is an act of storytelling. Or is it the other way around? While the story may be everything to Pi, it is not the star of this nationally touring play, ...

It’s not every day that a Broadway show proves to be so right for the zeitgeist. With its visceral nightmare story transforming into a sublimely told survival dream, “Life of Pi” is just the thing ...