Yann Martel Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

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 weaves a novel unlike any other: moving, profound and magical.

Wanneer een schrijver met een writer's block door een oude dierenpreparateur wordt benaderd om hem te helpen met zijn toneelstuk over de vernietiging van het dierenrijk, ontdekt hij dat de man niet is wie hij lijkt te zijn.

À la suite d’une pénible rencontre à Londres où son nouveau livre, s’inspirant de l’abomination nazie, est rejeté par ses éditeurs, Henry rentre chez lui et cesse d’écrire. Une page semble tournée. Henry continue de répondre à ses lecteurs qui se passionnent pour son dernier roman paru. Or voici qu’il reçoit un courrier où l’un d’eux lui demande son aide. C’est un taxidermiste, mais aussi un apprenti-écrivain dont l’histoire de Béatrice et Virgile, une ânesse et un singe, est saisissante. Cette fable qui semble évoquer l’Holocauste captive Henry: tout se passe comme si ce qu’il avait cru perdu à Londres renaissait sous ses yeux.

Four-year-old Romochka is left alone in a dark empty Moscow apartment. After a few days, hunger drives him outside, where he sees a large, yellow dog loping past and follows her to her lair on the outskirts of the city. During the seasons that follow, Romochka changes from a boy into something far wilder. He learns to see in the dark, attack enemies with tooth and claw, and understand the strict pack code. But when he begins to hunt in the city, the world of human beings, it is only a matter of time before the authorities take an interest...

V románe Plavba s tigrom sledujeme dospievanie a dozrievanie 16-ročného chlapca Pia Patela. Loď, na ktorej Pi a jeho rodina cestujú z rodnej Indie, sa potopí. Pi sa ocitne v záchrannom člne s hyenou, zebrou, samicou orangutana a tigrom. Život s tigrom, ktorý ako jediný zo zvierat prežije, pomôže chlapcovi prekonať rezignáciu a zúfalstvo z osamelosti počas niekoľkomesačnej plavby. Kniha je nielen príbehom o stroskotaní a záchrane, je zároveň grandióznou úvahou a meditáciou o stvorení a ľudskom poslaní, o jedinečnosti života na Zemi. Tento príbeh nadchol aj oscarového režiséra Anga Leeho (Skrotená hora), ktorý podľa neho nakrútil úspešný celovečerný film s názvom Pi a jeho život.

Edgy, funny and devastating, Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer at the heart of which is a startling twist. This extraordinary life meanders through a rich, complicated, bittersweet world. The discoveries of childhood give way to the thousand pangs of adolescence, culminating in the sudden shocking news of an accident abroad. And as adulthood begins, indecisively, boundaries are crossed between countries, languages and people . . .

This superb collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. From the last hours of a condemned man, to the imaginary life of an AIDS patient, to the first performance of a bizarre new symphony, Yann Martel's stories are moving, thought-provoking and as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display the startling mix of dazzle and depth that has made him an international phenomenon.