Life Of Pi, Illustrated
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3.9 • 26 Ratings
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- £7.99
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
Since it was first published in 2002, Life of Pi has entered mainstream consciousness and remains one of the most extraordinary works of fiction in recent years.
In October 2005 Canongate launched a competition with The Times to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martel's international bestseller. Soon the competition expanded as the Globe and Mail and The Age newspapers also launched a search in Canada and Australia. From thousands of entries, Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for this new edition of Life of Pi. Now readers can enjoy this extraordinary tale with his glorious colour illustrations.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing
After so much hype about this book I was really excited to read it. I really tried to enjoy it, and parts of the story were good, but the main character for me lacked any real substance. The ending of the book, which I'm not going to spoil, was obviously supposed to leave the reader questioning their own belief, but after spending so long trying to attach to the main character on some personal level it just felt disappointing, like some cheap magic trick played by a terribly boring magician.