Life Of Pi (Traded With JC)

This is an artwork based on Yann Martell's famous book Life Of Pi. I love the book very very much and I could read it over and over and over again!

It's a story about an Indian boy who survived a tragic sinking of a cargo ship that killed both his parents. He remained lost at sea for seven months in a lifeboat he shared with a hyena, an injured zebra, a female orang-utan and a 450 pound Royal Bengal Tiger....

I think it's one of the most outlandish scenario and amazing piece of fiction. The way Mr. Martel told the story I thought it was based on a true story... I was fooled for a very very long time.

Amazon Review
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi 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."

An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life of Pi, 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 Life of Pi is such a book.

[NOTE]
This ATC will be unavailable for a while. I am thinking of making a whole books-inspired series of ATCs, scan them all and make a big digital collage.... after the series is complete.. I'll make this available upon request.