The trouble with success lies in the afterword. Once you’ve crowd-surfed through dizzying fame and millions in earnings, landing back on your feet and taking the metro home is a bummer. But Yann Martel managed it differently. During his time with literary stardom, the Canadian author welcomed the success, and rejected the celebrity. Yes to… Continue reading Life Of Pi author Yann Martel on surviving fame and keeping the faith
The High Mountains Of Portugal by Yann Martel Cliffsnotes: Three men deep in grief and separated by decades bridge the novel’s loosely connected stories. In ‘Homeless’, Tomas, a museum worker in 1904 Lisbon, sets out to find a crucifix that could challenge the foundations of Christianity; in ‘Homeward’ a pathologist is visited by a woman carrying her… Continue reading Book of the week: The High Mountains Of Portugal by Yann Martel
