Yann Martel Quote
She looked beautiful. And sad. For she was leaving India,India of the heat and monsoons, of rice fields and the Cauvery River, of coastlines and stone temples, ofbullock carts and colourful trucks, of friends and known shopkeepers, of Nehru Street and Goubert Salai, ofthis and that, India so familiar to her and loved by her.
Yann Martel
She looked beautiful. And sad. For she was leaving India,India of the heat and monsoons, of rice fields and the Cauvery River, of coastlines and stone temples, ofbullock carts and colourful trucks, of friends and known shopkeepers, of Nehru Street and Goubert Salai, ofthis and that, India so familiar to her and loved by her.
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About Yann Martel
Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.
Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. His first language is French, but he writes in English.