Captivating Creatures: Zoos, Marketing, and the Commercial Success of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi

The visually striking tiger on the cover of Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, originally published in 2001, highlights the role of exotic, charismatic animals for the marketing of fiction to a world-wide readership. Deploying zoo and circus animal imagery, Life of Pi emphasises commercially...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanja Schwalm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2014-06-01
Series:Relations
Subjects:
zoo
Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/660