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“Will the tiger be menacing; will the ocean be threatening; will the island be something out of Frankenstein or will it be an Eden?”—Yann Martel
Life of Pi, first published in 2002, became an international bestseller and remains one of the most extraordinary and popular works of contemporary fiction.
In 2005 an international competition was held to find the perfect artist to illustrate Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize–winning novel. From thousands of entrants, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen. This lavishly produced edition features forty of Torjanac’s beautiful four-color illustrations, bringing Life of Pi to splendid, eye-popping life.
Tomislav Torjanac says of his illustrations: “My vision of the illustrated edition of Life of Pi is based on paintings from a first person’s perspective—Pi’s perspective. The interpretation of what Pi sees is intermeshed with what he feels and it is shown through [the] use of colors, perspective, symbols, hand gestures, etc.”
Life of Pi, first published in 2002, became an international bestseller and remains one of the most extraordinary and popular works of contemporary fiction.
In 2005 an international competition was held to find the perfect artist to illustrate Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize–winning novel. From thousands of entrants, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen. This lavishly produced edition features forty of Torjanac’s beautiful four-color illustrations, bringing Life of Pi to splendid, eye-popping life.
Tomislav Torjanac says of his illustrations: “My vision of the illustrated edition of Life of Pi is based on paintings from a first person’s perspective—Pi’s perspective. The interpretation of what Pi sees is intermeshed with what he feels and it is shown through [the] use of colors, perspective, symbols, hand gestures, etc.”
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- Edition: Ill
- ISBN-10: 0151013837
- ISBN-13: 9780151013838
- Publisher: Harcourt
- Pub date: Oct 01, 2007
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding and Others
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A well told story with an intriguing ending
This book was really slow. I can't believe I kept reading and didn't just give up. I thought the end was really good though, so it was worth it!
Unlike most people i have talked to i just didn't get into this book too much. I thought that the book could have been cut in half and still gotten the same message across.
Seems like for a while everyone was talking about it ... so I feel like I have to add it to my list.
I've read quite a few survivalist books in my life, but this one is definitely unique. I still can't quite figure out what to make of the ending though. I listened to the audio version and it was great. The whole book was read in a thick Indian accent. I thought it would drive me nuts, but it de ... Continue
I've read quite a few survivalist books in my life, but this one is definitely unique. I still can't quite figure out what to make of the ending though. I listened to the audio version and it was great. The whole book was read in a thick Indian accent. I thought it would drive me nuts, but it definitely added more to the character than I thought it would. It actually made certain parts of the book pretty funny when I would have just skimmed through it if reading.
To me, the book gets kind of past the mid-point of the story, in direct relation to the fact that life on a small boat with only a tiger as your companion must be dull. Perhaps that's just the way it should be.
This is in fact another book that tricks me into buying by having a beginning that ... Continue
To me, the book gets kind of past the mid-point of the story, in direct relation to the fact that life on a small boat with only a tiger as your companion must be dull. Perhaps that's just the way it should be.
This is in fact another book that tricks me into buying by having a beginning that's drastically different from the main part of the story. But somehow I feel less "betrayed" than in the case of South of the Boarder, West of the Sun. Don't know why.