As an adult, Martel has spent time in Iran, Turkey and India. He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada. Yann Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain when his father was posted there as a diplomat for the Canadian government. "Those spell-bound by Man Booker prize-winning Life of Pi will find much to love in Yann Martel’s new work of fiction… In Beatrice and Virgil, Martel again evokes the power of allegory, this time to address the legacy of the Holocaust-as well as the pleasure of fairy tales." -Marie Claire On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey-named Beatrice and Virgil-and the epic journey they undertake together. An allegorical novel whose protagnonist, Henry, receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist that poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. Yann Martel, author of the award-winning Life of Pi, will read from his new book, Beatrice and Virgil.
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