Does Yann Martel succeed in his objective of presenting the Holocaust in a new and meaningful way? His allegory, presented within the novel as a play written by a taxidermist in which the leading characters are a donkey and a howler monkey, is clever and memorable. The skilfully constructed autobiographical story explains the eight year gap since Life of Pi (bwl 17). But a success? I'm not sure, but jolly glad I read it!
(Denise Lewis - bwl 57 Summer 2010 ) |
