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*** Life of Pi (2012) is a lovely artistic adaptation, extremely faithful to the book, and an excellent complement to the reading. The scenery beyond beautiful, the acting on point, and the special effects impeccable.
692 quotes from Life of Pi: ‘It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.’ Home My Books
Yann Martel is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists.
I read the book, Life of Pi, some years ago and just saw the movie. The controversy about the ending is fascinating to me. The author has left us with an intriguing mystery, a metaphor for life itself which is the most intriguing mystery of all. This film, with its amazing visual effects and magic will stay with me forever.
Life of Pi was an incredible book because it contains so much imagery and so much detail that helps the reader connect to the plot. In addition, even though the author is not American, he used really great phrases, word choice, and syntax.
Ahead of the movie release this coming December, I'm currently reading the book with my daughter who is 10. I've already read it myself twice. She is totally into it with a depth of anticipation and curiosity unique to that age. I think that if a 12-year-old cannot handle Life of Pi emotionally, he or she is up for a rough ride ahead.
Books shelved as life-of-pi: Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Making of Life of Pi: A Film, a Journey by Jean-Christophe Castelli, The Alchemist by Paulo C...
Editions for Life of Pi: 0770430074 (Paperback published in 2006), 0156027321 (Paperback published in 2002), (Kindle Edition published in 2022), 18419539...
Group discussion Life of pi : Deity World: 5 9: Mar 09, 2023 04:52PM Play Book Tag: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 2 stars: Charlotte: 2 15: Mar 15, 2022 09:05AM YA Buddy Readers'...: Life of Pi by Yann Martel - Restarting January 6th 2022: Sarah Elizabe… 28 127: Jan 14, 2022 09:17PM And so it goes with God: Marianne: 28 1630: Oct 21, 2020 04:15AM
Rate this book "Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre" (Times). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a sixteen year-old boy named Pi.