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The High Mountains of Portugal

by Yann Martel

The High Mountains of Portugal

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An allegorical novel in three parts is set in the fictional High Mountains of seventeenth-century Portugal and beyond, where characters explore questions of loss and faith while on a quest, while tackling ghosts, and in the contemporary world.

Also by Yann Martel

  • Life Of Pi
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NPR stories about The High Mountains of Portugal

'Life Of Pi' Author Delves Into Chimpanzee Fiction

Author Yann Martel poses in Toronto on April 5, 2010. Martel released his highly anticipated follow-up to the Booker Prize-winning "Life of Pi" last week. Darren Calabrese/AP hide caption

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

'Life Of Pi' Author Delves Into Chimpanzee Fiction

With his new novel, author Yann Martel joins the genre that anthropologist Barbara J. King calls "chimpanzee fiction" — and through an ape's eyes shows us new possibilities.

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Author Yann Martel On 'That Deeply Unreasonable Phenomenon' Of Faith

Martel's new book, The High Mountains of Portugal, shares some themes with his 2001 novel, Life of Pi: Both feature animals (in this case, a chimpanzee) and both struggle with questions of faith.

Author Yann Martel On 'That Deeply Unreasonable Phenomenon' Of Faith

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