Yann Martel's Self

"Self" by Yann Martel, published by Vintage Canada;Knopf Canada. A modern-day Orlando - edgy, funny and startlingly honest - Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer and traveller who finds his gender changed overnight.From the author of Life of Pi, comes an edgy, funny and devastating novel. Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer at the heart of which is a startling twist. This extraordinary life meanders through a rich, complicated, bittersweet world. The discoveries of childhood give way to the thousand pangs of adolescence, culminating in the sudden shocking news of an accident abroad. And as adulthood begins, indecisively, boundaries are crossed between countries, languages and people . . . Book details: 352 pages, published 1997. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.