The High Mountains of Portugal - Tapa blanda

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 * *

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