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Holistic Guidance - Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition
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List Price: $23.00
Our Price: $9.20
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Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780151013838
ISBN: 0151013837
Label: Harcourt
Manufacturer: Harcourt
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-10-07
Publisher: Harcourt
Studio: Harcourt
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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Summary: Life of Pi AKA one of the best books ever!
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Highly Entertaining
Comment: 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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Summary: Life of Pi is life itself
Comment: In Life of Pi, Yann Martel captures the creativity and will to live that are the essence of human spirit. A must read! -Stephen Prins, author of:Strife of the Lorin
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Summary: Great book, great edition
Comment: I love The Life of Pi, originally released in 2002 written by Yann Martel, is arguably one of the best books of the modern era. I have read this book half a dozen times and each time I read it I respect it more. Read this book now, I don't want to spoil it by saying any more.
This new Deluxe Illustrated edition is published with over three dozen images that illustrate the story. I'm not an art critic, but I like the included illustrations, ehe art is colorful and complements the story well.
If you are looking for your first copy, I recommend this illustrated edition.
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Summary: a classic illustrated
Comment: Yan Martell's destined-to-be-a-classic Life of Pi is a wonderful read by itself. But coupled with the excellent illustrations in this volume, the story is enhanced by images from the perspective of the protagonist. If you've already read the book and liked it, get *this* version for your personal library. If you haven't read it and want to do so someday, then don't wait and get this version now.
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