false <![CDATA[Life of Pi]]> 4214 78 Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable <I>Life of Pi</I> 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." <p> An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), <I>Life of Pi</I>, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. 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 <I>Life of Pi</I> is such a book. <I>--Brad Thomas Parsons</I> 1392700 book 2001 Life of Pi total:102227|5:29691|4:37507|3:23044|2:8148|1:3837| 102227 387748 134374 12495 5 140 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Nov 17 08:16:54 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 08:18:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 51 false false Sun Mar 02 02:10:55 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 02:02:41 -0800 2008 Oscar and Lucinda), I really didn’t like the little bit of Vernon God Little I read and I never finished The Sea de...more...]]> 2 40 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 08:46:13 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 23 20:02:09 -0700 2008 Island of the Blue Dolphin 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.
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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 "Lif...more...]]> 2 25 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 10:56:14 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 09:00:35 -0800 2008
I read half of it, and felt really impatient the whole time, skipping whole pages, and then I realized that I didn't have to keep going, which is as spiritual a moment as I could hope to g...more...]]> 4 18 true false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Aug 11 05:11:09 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 17:38:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 11 false true Mon Jul 14 06:29:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 08:39:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 11 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 18 06:45:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 14 01:34:17 -0800 2009 Batang Bambu dan Tandan Pisang Majene
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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.

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Book Review

The novel Life of Pi 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 ...more...]]> 2 5 false false Fri Jun 29 21:54:32 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 23:34:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 11 false false Thu Aug 30 19:53:25 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 13:46:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 10 01:58:40 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 03:53:47 -0800 2008 “Push Your Personal Limit”. Aku bersama sejumlah peserta lain tinggal selama tiga hari dalam tenda di daerah Situgunung, Sukabumi. “Camping”!!! Ahhh, kegiatan seru dan menyenangkan. Tidur di tenda, tanpa selimut, makan-minum terbatas, tida...more...]]> 4 4 false true Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 22:17:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 23:45:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 7 false false Wed Jan 30 20:01:38 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:14:21 -0800 2008
For me it failed in three major ways.

1) When I read I like to get su...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4214