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    <body><![CDATA[It is not so much that The Life of Pi, is particularly moving (although it is).  It isn’t even so much that it is written with language that is both delicate and sturdy all at once (which it is, as well).  And it’s certainly not that  Yann Martel’s vision filled passages are so precise that yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9230871">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. <br/>	<br/>The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them &quot;the truth.&quot; After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sift a pinch of psychology with a scant tablespoon of theology, add  one part <em> Island of the Blue Dolphin </em> with two parts philosophy, mix with a pastry blender or the back of a fork until crumbly but not dry and there you have Pi and his lame-o, cheesed out, boat ride to enlightenment.<br/>Actually...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3701242">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found a lot of this book incredibly tedious.  I tend to avoid the winners of the Man / Booker – they make me a little depressed.  The only Carey I haven’t liked won the Booker (<em>Oscar and Lucinda</em>), I really didn’t like the little bit of <em>Vernon God Little</em> I read and I never finished <em>The Sea</em> de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16817781">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable <em>Life of Pi</em> 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 &quot;religions the way a dog attracts fleas.&quot; 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 (&quot;His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth&quot;). 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: &quot;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.&quot; <p>  An award winner in Canada, <em>Life of Pi</em>, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, &quot;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.&quot; It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike <em>Life of Pi</em> is such a book. <em>--Brad Thomas Parsons</em> <br/><br/><br/>The protagonist Piscine &quot;Pi&quot; Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores the issues of religion and spirituality from an early age and survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean.<br/></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book two years ago, but when we discussed it this month for book club, I remembered how much I liked it. A good discussion always ups my appreciation of a novel as does an ending that makes me requestion my givens in the story. I find myself reading contradictory interpretations and agre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7691195">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I discovered early in The Life of Pi why the main character was named after a infinite number - the book is an interminable bore. This book is sort of a Rorschach test for religious belief, so here's my take. If you haven't read Pi yet and want to, the rest of my review will spoil it for you, so be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10371894">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[No need to reinvent the wheel. Here's my <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> review:<br/><br/>It doesn't matter whether what you tell people is truth or fiction, because there's no such thing as truth, no real difference between fantasy and reality, so you might as well go with the more interesting story. That's &quot;Lif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23858991">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Life of Pi</em> is a wonder.<br/><br/>It is the story of a boy of sixteen who is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger.  It is a tale of survival and man’s interaction with himself and the wild.  It is a lesson in zoology and spirituality.  And it is just plain great.<br/><br/>Part fable, part...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7061338">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brady Burke<br/>Mrs. Ebarvia<br/>Honors World Lit. – Pd. 5<br/>11/28/37<br/>Book Review<br/><br/>The novel <u>Life of Pi</u> by Yann Martel is an intriguing and very interesting book about the journey of a teenage boy, Pi Patel, who is trying to find himself. Pi is a studious boy who practices not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9731048">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tahun lalu, aku mengikuti kegiatan pemuda bertajuk <em>“Push Your Personal Limit”</em>.  Aku bersama sejumlah peserta lain tinggal selama tiga hari dalam tenda di daerah Situgunung, Sukabumi. <em>“Camping”!!!</em> Ahhh, kegiatan seru dan menyenangkan.  Tidur di tenda, tanpa selimut, makan-minum terbatas, tida...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26831551">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just couldn't get into it. Yes, I'm sure it's a great piece of literature that those who are more into &quot;literary college fiction&quot; and less into so-called &quot;genre fiction&quot; enjoy immensely.<br/><br/>For me it failed in three major ways.<br/><br/>1) When I read I like to get su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14119992">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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