| Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition | 
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Sales Rank: 2034
Category: Book
Author: Yann Martel
Publisher: Harcourt
Studio: Harcourt
Manufacturer: Harcourt
Label: Harcourt
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Ill
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0151013837
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780151013838
ASIN: 0151013837
Publication Date: October 7, 2007
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Product Description
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.
Amazon.com Review
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion." At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. First published in 2002, Martel's breathtaking breakout novel became an international bestseller and went on to win the Man Booker Prize, and was also named Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002. In 2005, after an international competition, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was selected to illustrate a special edition of Life of Pi that features 40 stunning illustrations that present a new perspective on this modern classic. --Brad Thomas Parsons
Amazon.com Exclusive: Outtakes from Tomislav Torjanac's Early Illustrations for Life of Pi 
Tomislav Torjanac's Artist Statement
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Island Study | 
Lifeboat Study | 
"I quite deliberately dressed wild animals in tame costumes of my imagination." | 
"Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts..." | 
"And what a thump it was." | 
"I threw the mako towards the stern." |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
 excellent quality!!!! great gift! December 16, 2008
I was extremely happy with this product. It was a gift for a teenage child---awesome quality and contents. Received a lot faster than I expected.
 Great story, mediocre illustrations December 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Life of Pi is a deeply wonderful story, but I was very disappointed in these illustrations--the colors are vivid but the illustrations don't add anything to the experience of Pi's story. I was really excited when I saw the fine cover illustration of the tiger, but aside from that one and the illustration of Orange Juice floating atop the bananas, they were lifeless and lacked a spark.
 Not Great, But Holds Your Interest December 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't say it's the best book I ever read, but it manages to hold your interest. You simply have to see how it ends.
Life of Pi AKA one of the best books ever! November 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
By Alex Schnepf
Life of Pi is well worth the money it costs to purchase this book. This book has amazing descriptions of gruesome yet mind-numbing animal fights and also it uses great descriptors when talking about Pi's emotional feelings, physical and inner conflicts.
This riveting adventure for this young, Indian, vegetarian boy, Pi, is told in first person. For the most part in this story, Pi is drifting out on the Pacific Ocean with a couple of visitors aboard his vessel (a good size life boat). Those visitors are a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a bloodthirsty Bengal tiger.
Another thing that brought this book to life were the impeccable illustrations done by Tomaslav Torjanac. They added a great graphic picture to already amazing descriptions by Yann Martel.
All in all, I thought this book was very well written with outstanding descriptions and a real perspective on moral values and life.
Highly Entertaining October 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was something I couldn't wait to read again - excuses for rainy day reading. The book is humerous and gripping, and I didn't want to put it down. Just a wonderful story, made me feel like I knew Piscene "Pi" Patel personally. I look forward to other books by this author.
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