Life of Pi Yan, 'Life of Pi' is told from two alternating points of view, the main character Pi in a flashback and Yann Martel himself, who is the "visiting writer" (Martel 101) interviewing Pi many years after the tiger in the boat story. This technique of the intrusive narrator adds the documentary realism to the book, setting up, like a musical counter-point, the myth-making, unreliable narrator, Pi. The reader is left to ponder at the end whether Pi's story is an allegory of another set of parallel events. The novel is a work of fiction set in the summer of 1977 that
Yann Samuell Yann Samuell Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with "Love Me If You Dare." His second film was the romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl" (2008). Additional works include "L'âge de raison" (2010). Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, "La guerre des boutons." This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice. An