 Life
of Pi - Illustrated Special Edition
Illustrated by Tomislav Torjanac
Harcourt Trade, 2007
Review by Sandhya Nankani
From Kahani Fall 2008
For the older readers in your household, the illustrated special edition of Yann
Martel’s Man Booker Prize winner Life of Pi (Harcourt Trade, 2007) is a
gorgeous keepsake. It features 40 brilliant and almost photographic paintings
by artist Tomislav Torjanac, all drawn from the first-person perspective of Pi
Patel, the teenage son of a Pondicherry zookeeper who finds himself stranded
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In this riveting survival tale, Pi struggles
for 227 days in the company of a 450-pound Bengal tiger through dangerous waters
where his reality and imagination overlap in unforgettable ways. |
