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
Richard Parker (potter) exhibition and accompanying publication. Parker’s work is held in collections throughout New Zealand and Australia, including The Dowse Art Museum, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Otago Museum, the Suter Art Gallery in Nelson, the Whangarei Art Museum and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Louise Guerin, Richard Parker, New Zealand Crafts 21, Winter 1987 Richard Parker (potter) Richard John Parker (born Nelson, 1946) is a New Zealand potter who has been based in Kaeo for most of his career. Parker attended Nelson College from 1960 to 1964, and graduated from Christchurch Teachers Training College with a diploma