Yann Martel list within the first month of its release. Martel has said in a number of interviews that Dante's "Divine Comedy" is the single most impressive book he has ever read. In talking about his most memorable childhood book, he recalls "Le Petit Chose" by Alphonse Daudet. He said that he read it when he was ten years old, and it was the first time he found a book so heartbreaking that it moved him to tears. Yann Martel Yann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Spanish-born Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel "Life of Pi",
Yann Samuell alternate film adaptation of Pergaud's novel was directed by Christophe Barratier as "La novelle guerre des boutons" (2011), set during World War II in Occupied France. Both films were released in France during the same week in September 2011. Barratier's film is being distributed in the United States as "The War of the Buttons" (2012). Samuell also directed the film adaption of the Gothic children's novel "The Great Ghost Rescue" (1975) by Eva Ibbotson. It was released in 2011. Yann Samuell Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Samuell went to film school and