Kanadali yazar Yann Martel, Pi'nin Yasami (Life of Pi) romaniyla The Man Booker Prize Odulunu 22 Ekim 2002 tarihinde kazandi.
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"Korkuya ilgili bir sey soylemem gerek. Yasamin tek gercek rakibidir. Yalnizca korku hayati yenebilir. Zeki, kalles bir dusmandir, bunu cok iyi biliyorum. Namussuzdur, hicbir kanuna ya da gelenege saygisi yoktur, merhamet nedir, bilmez. Bulmakta hic zorluk cekmedigi en zayif noktanizdan vurur sizi. Ise her zaman zihninizden baslar. Kendinizi sakin, guvenli ve mutlu hissettiginiz bir anda. Sonra ilimli bir kuskunun kiligina burunerek, tipki bir casus gibi beyninize suzulur. Kusku inanmayisla karsilasir ve inanmayis onu disariya atmaya calisir. Ama inanmayis az silahli bir askerdir. Kusku onu kolayca alt eder. Endiselenmeye baslarsiniz. Mantiginiz sizin icin mücadele eder. Guveninizi yeniden kazanirsiniz. Mantik en son teknolojik silahlarla donanmistir. Ama inanilmaz gibi gorunse de, ustun taktiklerle ve yadsinmaz zaferlere karsin, mantik tuzaga dusurulur. Kendinizi giderek zayif ve kararsiz hissedersiniz. Kuskunuz dehsete donusur. Korku kacinmaya, hatta unutmaya calistiginiz sozcuksuz bir karanliga donusurse, sizi bozguna ugratan dusmaninizla hic savasmamis oldugunuzdan, kendinizi korkunun yeni saldirilarina acmis olursunuz."
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"I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy. Doubt meets disbelief and disbelief tries to push it out. But disbelief is a poorly armed foot soldier. Doubt does away with it with little trouble. You become anxious. Reason comes to do battle for you. You are reassured. Reason is fully equipped with the latest weapons technology. But, to your amazement, despite superior tactics and a number of undeniable victories, reason is laid low. You feel yourself weakening, wavering. Your anxiety becomes dread. If you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you."
