![]() ![]() The zoo goes broke, and Pi's father puts his family and a few valuable animals on a ship bound for Canada. If Pi is a limitless number, that is the perfect name for a boy who seems to accept no limitations. Piscine translates from French to English as "swimming pool," but in an India where many more speak English than French, his playmates of course nickname him "pee." Determined to put an end to this, he adopts the name " Pi," demonstrating an uncanny ability to write down that mathematical constant that begins with 3.14 and never ends. The story begins in a small family zoo in Pondichery, India, where the boy christened Piscine is raised. ![]()
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