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Life of pi illustrated5/9/2023 ![]() Another survivor, Richard Parker, is one of these. Also aboard are many of the inhabitants of the zoo Pi’s father used to run. ![]() What comes is the sinking of a giant metal freight ship, with its entire crew, officers, and Pi’s family aboard. “This is a story with a happy ending,” we’re assured, as Pi cuddles his young daughter, bracing us for the terrible events that are to come. These are interspersed with notes from the author about a middle-aged Pi’s life as the author interviews him in the present. ![]() The first third of the novel is us learning about Pi, before and after his ordeal, from the stories he tells of his time growing up in Pondicherry (a former French colony in India), and of his collegiate studies in zoology and religion at the University of Toronto. I’m not exactly about to fall to my knees in prayer, here. Instead, it regales me with lists of facts like how long it takes a sloth to climb down a tree. ![]() Don’t get me wrong: I think they’re super cute, but the book doesn’t provide pictures, and it’s also just promised me a spiritual experience. The novel opens with a frame story of an unnamed author traveling through India and hearing about a true story that will “make you believe in God.” That’s a tall order, one that’s made even harder to reach by the fact that right after the introduction ends on that promise, we’re subjected to a narrative about sloths. Even the illustrated edition’s sloth isn’t that cute. ![]()
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