Life of Pi Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won
Saint-Denis-lès-Martel Saint-Denis-lès-Martel Saint-Denis-lès-Martel is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. The commune of Saint-Denis-lès-Martel is located in Quercy, in the "Causse de Martel". It is watered by two tributaries of the Dordogne, the Sourdoire which borders the communal territory to the southeast, and the Tourmente. Saint-Denis-lès-Martel is adjacent to five other communes. The toponym Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, in Occitan "Sent Daunís", is based on the Christian Hagiotoponyme, Denis de Paris (Dionysius): first Bishop of Paris. "Lès "comes from "Lez", a preposition from the late Latin "latus" meaning next to. Sent Daunís was called first Lenzac variant of Lanzac. During the