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The High Mountains of Portugal Yann Martel

The High Mountains of Portugal By Yann Martel

The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

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The internationally bestselling novel from Yann Martel, the Booker-winning author of Life of Pi

The High Mountains of Portugal Summary

The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Lost in Portugal.
Lost to grief.
With nothing but a chimpanzee.

A man thrown backwards by heartbreak goes in search of an artefact that could unsettle history. A woman carries her husband to a doctor in a suitcase. A Canadian senator begins a new life, in a new country, in the company of a chimp called Odo. From these stories of journeying, of loss and faith, Yann Martel makes a novel unlike any other: moving, profound and magical.


A New York Times Bestseller
An Australian Independent Bookseller Bestseller
#1 on The Globe & Mail's Bestseller List
#1 on Toronto Star's Bestseller List
#1 on Maclean's Bestseller List
#1 on National Post's Bestseller List
#1 on McNally Robinson's Bestseller List
An ABA Indie Bestseller

The High Mountains of Portugal Reviews

Replete with every bizarre and beautiful thing on earth . . . his many fans will delight * * The Times * *
Moments of real wonder . . . glorious * * Sunday Times * *
His best since Life of Pi . . . miraculous * * Washington Post * *
Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker -- Ursula Le Guin * * Guardian * *
Surprising and yet entirely believable * * Observer * *
[Martel's] depiction of loss is raw and deeply affecting . . . odd, fabulous, deliberately oblique * * Telegraph * *
Engagingly readable * * Daily Mail * *
Martel is incapable of writing a dull sentence * * Daily Express * *
A book of great wisdom and beauty -- Gavin Francis
Lucid and thought provoking * * Mail on Sunday * *
Engrossing . . . Martel has a way of capturing the charm, and charge, of an animal and human relationship * * Independent * *
Martel is a writer with a light touch and a lively fancy . . . Engaging * * Scotsman * *
An exploration of faith and how we can learn to accept death . . . [Martel] has an ability to write about the very fundamental human emotional threads that join us * * Irish Independent * *
Sharp, comical, and carries a deeply poignant message * * The List * *
It is an unusual novel, a vivid and uncanny adventure in storytelling * * The Skinny * *

About Yann Martel

Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers, and their four children.

Additional information

GOR007823838
9781782114741
1782114742
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
Yann Martel
Used - Like New
Paperback
Canongate Books Ltd
20160901
352
Short-listed for The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards - Fiction (with a sense of place) 2017 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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