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A story that caught me right in the beginning and I flew right through the well told story. It's an easy read. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_275164199" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_275164199"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_275164199" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_275164199" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_275164199"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Trisha_Thomas" target="_top">Trisha_Thomas</a> | Nov 13, 2024 | <a href="/review/275164199"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_37847186" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/5197633" data-workid="5197633" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>An old man named Piscine Molitar Patel, known as Pi, tells an author about his life as a young boy, and his story of epic survival when the ship he was in with his family, emigrating from India was shipwrecked. Pi spent 227 on a lifeboat with little food, and sharing his space with a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Yes, this is a strange book in many ways but oddly captivating.<br><br>I did find some of the technical aspects of how Pi constructed his raft a bit confusing, but it didn’t spoil my enjoyment – I could get the general idea. Parts of the novel are clearly allegorical and there is a religious undercurrent running throughout (prior to his family emigrating, Pi practices Hindi, Islam and Christianity at the same time) which didn’t always work for me.<br><br>I won’t give any spoilers to do with the ending, suffice to say it has divided readers and I can understand why. Personally I did like it and it did make me think – and it made things that had gone before make sense.<br><br>There’s quite a long build up to the main part of the story, this being Pi’s survival, and I really enjoyed reading about his life prior to this major event with it’s quirky characters and offbeat humour. I think this is a book that you need to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy and fortunately I was. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_37847186" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_37847186"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_37847186" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_37847186" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_37847186"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Ruth72" target="_top">Ruth72</a> | Nov 6, 2024 | <a href="/review/37847186"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_273610042" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/5197633" data-workid="5197633" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Give me a break. Martel can, sometimes, choose good words and string them together pleasingly. And some ideas here are worth making a movie out of. But literature? No. Reminded me of nothing more than the Celestine Prophecy or Bridge of Birds, maybe. Or possibly Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. <br><br>I will say that I like the first part, about Pi's childhood in the zoo, with the two Mr. Kumars and the the three holy men.<br><br>But that claim about Pi's story making me believe in God, what was that? I don't even see such an attempt, much less anything approaching success. The whole thing is way overlong and quite unTrue.<br><br>ETA: good discussion, w/ more of my thoughts (and with *spoilers*) here: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18594445-life-of-pi---spoilers" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18594445-life-of-pi---spoilers</a> <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss4.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_273610042" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_273610042"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_273610042" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_273610042" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_273610042"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Cheryl_in_CC_NV" target="_top">Cheryl_in_CC_NV</a> | Oct 18, 2024 | <a href="/review/273610042"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_270150680" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/5197633" data-workid="5197633" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I liked the discussion between metaphysics and the animals. It was a lot of fun. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_270150680" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_270150680"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_270150680" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_270150680" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_270150680"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/jason.bell" target="_top">jason.bell</a> | Aug 20, 2024 | <a href="/review/270150680"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_178714091" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/5197633" data-workid="5197633" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027321.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Book 64<br>Life of Pi.<br>Diana Green could this be one of the answers? <br>Yann Martel.<br>I thoroughly enjoyed this book although I had to delve deeper after reading it to try to understand the philosophical/moral story behind it. After tying myself in knots as there are many interpretations with or without religion thrown in, we then watched the film. Again we enjoyed it but if I had to explain that the story can be interpreted either with or without the animals I am not sure I would do a good job. Take that aside 9.5/10. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_178714091" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_178714091"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_178714091" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_178714091" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_178714091"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/janicearkulisz" target="_top">janicearkulisz</a> | Aug 2, 2024 | <a href="/review/178714091"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','5197633','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','5197633','',false, null, 'profile'); return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 1-5 of 980 (<a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',5,0,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','5197633','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">next</a> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,0,3,'wp_reviews',10000,'','5197633','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">show all</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_53" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer" style="float: right;"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></span></div> <a name="publishedreviews"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'mediareviews', 'u_af4ad727', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Published reviews</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_af4ad727" style="display:block;"><div id="mediareviews_container"><div id="mediareviews"><table class="sa_tools" id="u_c6a18fa6_link"><tr><td id="left">2 reviews</td><td id="center"><a href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'workid':'5197633'});return false;">add a review</a></td><td id="right"> thingScore <a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews"><span class="mre_score mre_score_good">75</span></a></td></tr></table><div class="bookReview" mr_id="12176" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_4e6e0cd7" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-u.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_12176" class="commentText">The story is engaging and the characters attractively zany. Piscine Molitor Patel (named after a family friend's favourite French swimming pool) grows up in Pondicherry, a French-speaking part of India, where his father runs the local zoo. Pi, Hindu-born, has a talent for faith and sees nothing wrong with being converted both to Islam and to Christianity. Pi and his brother understand animals intimately, but their father impresses on them the dangers of anthropomorphism: invade an animal's territory, and you will quickly find that nearly every creature is dangerous</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/dovydas">dovydas</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'12176', 'workid':'5197633'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/oct/23/bookerprize2002.awardsandprizes" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The Guardian</span>, <span class="nowrap">Aida Edemariam</span></a> <span rawdate="1035345600" class="nowrap">(Oct 23, 2002)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div><div class="bookReview" mr_id="12175" style="font-size:12px;"><span style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 5px 6px;"><span id="rate-u_8733ad27" title="7.0 Stars" aria-title="7.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-2 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><img class="thumb_rating" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/mr-u.gif" /></span></span><div id="brtext_12175" class="commentText">Granted, it may not qualify as ''a story that will make you believe in God,'' as one character describes it. But it could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life -- although sticklers for literal realism, poor souls, will find much to carp at.</div><div class="commentFooter" style="clear: right;"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="mredit">added by <a href="/profile/Shortride">Shortride</a> | <a title="edit review" href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'mr_id':'12175', 'workid':'5197633'});return false;">edit</a></span></span><span class="controlItems"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/books/taming-the-tiger.html?scp=1&sq=life%20of%20pi&st=cse" target="_top" class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap mre_source">The New York Times Book Review</span>, <span class="nowrap">Gary Krist</span></a> <span rawdate="1026014400" class="nowrap">(Jul 7, 2002)</span></span></div><div style="clear:both;height:1px;"> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_56" class="quickedit light flipped"><div 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href="/author/companionsreaders">Reader's Companions</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="12654589" href="/work/12654589">Life of Pi by Yann Martel : notes</a> by <a data-authorid="brophykevin" href="/author/brophykevin">Kevin Brophy</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="14079753" href="/work/14079753">Ending to Life of Pi Explained: An Essay</a> by <a data-authorid="anastasidonna" href="/author/anastasidonna">Donna Anastasi</a></span></div></div><h2>Has as a student's study guide</h2><div id="u_3d0e03f4" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="21279526" href="/work/21279526">A Study Guide for Yann Martel's "Life of Pi"</a> by <a data-authorid="milneiramark" href="/author/milneiramark">Ira Mark Milne</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="21188861" href="/work/21188861">CliffsNotes on Martel's Life of Pi</a> by <a data-authorid="wheetleyabigail" href="/author/wheetleyabigail">Abigail Wheetley</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="14304669" href="/work/14304669">Life of Pi bookcaps study guide</a> by <a data-authorid="bookcaps" href="/author/bookcaps">BookCaps</a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_59" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'newaward', 'u_c1e5ef58', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Awards and Honors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_c1e5ef58" style="display:block;"><div id="newawardforwork_container"><h2>Awards</h2><div id="u_5704e49c" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1123/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature" class="" >Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature</a> (<a href="/award/1123.1/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/1123.0.3365/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-Adult-Fiction">Adult Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/1123.0.0.2003/Asian%25252FPacific-American-Award-for-Literature-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/41/Audie-Award" class="" >Audie Award</a> (<a href="/award/41.5/Audie-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/41.0.5/Audie-Award-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/41.0.0.2019/Audie-Award-2019">2019</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1300/Bollinger-Everyman-Wodehouse-Prize-for-Comic-Fiction" class="" >Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction</a> (<a href="/award/1300.4/Bollinger-Everyman-Wodehouse-Prize-for-Comic-Fiction-Shortlist">Shortlist</a> – <a href="/award/1300.0.0.2003/Bollinger-Everyman-Wodehouse-Prize-for-Comic-Fiction-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/253/Booker-Prize" class="" >Booker Prize</a> (<a href="/award/253.1/Booker-Prize-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/253.0.0.2002/Booker-Prize-2002">2002</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1568/Canada-Reads" class="" >Canada Reads</a> (<a href="/award/1568.2/Canada-Reads-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/1568.0.0.2003/Canada-Reads-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/949/Combat-des-livres" class="" >Combat des livres</a> (<a href="/award/949.0.6985/Combat-des-livres-selection">selection</a> – <a href="/award/949.0.0.2004/Combat-des-livres-2004">2004</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/84/Exclusive-Books-Boeke-Prize" class="" >Exclusive Books Boeke Prize</a> (<a href="/award/84.1/Exclusive-Books-Boeke-Prize-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/84.0.0.2003/Exclusive-Books-Boeke-Prize-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/975/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award" class="" >Governor General's Literary Award</a> (<a href="/award/975.5/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-Finalist">Finalist</a> – <a href="/award/975.0.22290/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-Fiction-English">Fiction (English)</a> – <a href="/award/975.0.0.2001/Governor-Generals-Literary-Award-2001">2001</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/395/Green-Mountain-Book-Award" class="" >Green Mountain Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/395.2/Green-Mountain-Book-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/395.0.0.2006/Green-Mountain-Book-Award-2006">2006</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/257/Indies-Choice-Book-Award" class="" >Indies Choice Book Award</a> (<a href="/award/257.6/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-Honor-Book">Honor Book</a> – <a href="/award/257.0.3365/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-Adult-Fiction">Adult Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/257.0.0.2003/Indies-Choice-Book-Award-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/130/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award" class="" >Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award</a> (<a href="/award/130.2/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award-Nominee">Nominee</a> – <a href="/award/130.0.0.2005/Lincoln-Award-Illinois-Teen-Readers-Choice-Award-2005">2005</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/765/Prix-de-La-Nuit-du-Livre" class="" >Prix de La Nuit du Livre</a> (<a href="/award/765.0.21048/Prix-de-La-Nuit-du-Livre-Biblioth%C3%A8que-Gallimard-de-Jeunesse-Prix-de-la-Nuit-du-Livre">Bibliothèque Gallimard de Jeunesse, Prix de la Nuit du Livre</a> – <a href="/award/765.0.0.2013/Prix-de-La-Nuit-du-Livre-2013">2013</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1154/Prix-du-grand-public-Salon-du-livre-de-Montr%C3%A9al-%25252F-La-Presse" class="" >Prix du grand public Salon du livre de Montréal / La Presse</a> (<a href="/award/1154.0.0.2003/Prix-du-grand-public-Salon-du-livre-de-Montr%C3%A9al-%25252F-La-Presse-2003">2003</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2158/Quebec-Writers-Federation-Award" class="" >Quebec Writers' Federation Award</a> (<a href="/award/2158.1/Quebec-Writers-Federation-Award-Winner">Winner</a> – <a href="/award/2158.0.5/Quebec-Writers-Federation-Award-Fiction">Fiction</a> – <a href="/award/2158.0.0.2001/Quebec-Writers-Federation-Award-2001">2001</a>)</div></div></div><h2>Distinctions</h2><div id="u_c02d5d52" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/18/Amazon-com-Best-Books" class="" >Amazon.com Best Books</a> (<a href="/award/18.0.0.2002/Amazon-com-Best-Books-2002">2002</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a 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novels that make you proud to be a Canadian</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/11/1000-Books-to-Read-Before-You-Die" class="" >1000 Books to Read Before You Die</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15/1001-boeken-die-je-gelezen-moet-hebben%21" class="" >1001 boeken die je gelezen moet hebben!</a> (<a href="/award/15.0.0.365574/1001-boeken-die-je-gelezen-moet-hebben%21-editie-2017">editie 2017</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/2/1001-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Die" class="" >1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die</a> (<a href="/award/2.0.0.366072/1001-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Die-2006%25252F2008%25252F2010-Edition">2006/2008/2010 Edition</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/484/I-50-Libri-del-Decennio" class="" >I 50 Libri del Decennio</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/8/501-Must-Read-Books-Emma-Beare-2006" class="" >501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006)</a> (<a href="/award/8.0.248/501-Must-Read-Books-Emma-Beare-2006-Modern-Fiction">Modern Fiction</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/834/The-Big-Jubilee-Read" class="" >The Big Jubilee Read</a> (<a href="/award/834.0.22234/The-Big-Jubilee-Read-1992-2001">1992-2001</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/1100/Canada-Reads-Top-40-Essential-Canadian-Novels-of-the-Decade" class="" >Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/22/From-Zero-to-Well-Read-in-100-Books" class="" >From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/424/Future-Classics-50-Literary-Greats" class="" >Future Classics: 50 Literary Greats</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/38/Museums-Libraries-and-Archives-Societys-%2230-Books-Every-Adult-Should-Read-Before-They-Die%22" class="" >Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society's "30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die"</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/224/Tayshas-High-School-Reading-List" class="" >Tayshas High School Reading List</a> (<a href="/award/224.0.0.2004/Tayshas-High-School-Reading-List-2004">2004</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/118/Waterstones-Top-25-Books-of-the-Last-25-Years" class="" >Waterstones' Top 25 Books of the Last 25 Years</a> (<a href="/award/118.0.0.2007/Waterstones-Top-25-Books-of-the-Last-25-Years-2007">2007</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/15473/Your-Top-25" class="" >Your Top 25</a></div></div><div id="u_26d6c383" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 16" ><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/635/%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8-XXI-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8-Republic" class="" >Главные книги XXI века по версии Republic</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_60" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><a value="view history" value="view history" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/commonknowledge/changelog.php?item=5197633&type=1" ><span class="btntxt">view history</span></a></div><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'ck', 'u_3e8077c6', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Common Knowledge</span><span class="sectionTitleST"></span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_3e8077c6" style="display:block;"><div id="fwikiContainerTablediv"><table class="fwikiContainerTable ch1 " fn="inlineWikiItemsContent"> <tr> <td COLSPAN="2"> <div class="fwikiHint fwikiTopHint"><div class="fwikiWarningHint">You must <a 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href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1e+traduction+canadienne+en+fran%C3%A7ais+XYZ+%C3%A9diteur+Canada">1e traduction canadienne en français, XYZ éditeur, Canada</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2004-01-13&f=16&exact=1&type=1">2004-01-13</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1e+traduction+et+%C3%A9dition+fran%C3%A7aise+Et+d%27ailleurs+Deno%C3%ABl">1e traduction et édition française, Et d'ailleurs, Denoël</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divoriginalpublicationdate'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2008-10-16&f=16&exact=1&type=1">2008-10-16</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Nouvelle+%C3%A9dition+fran%C3%A7aise+Folio+junior+N%C2%B0+1395+Gallimard+jeunesse">Nouvelle édition française, Folio junior, N° 1395, Gallimard jeunesse</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_characternames"></a>People/Characters</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_7fe31e4f' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='3' name='u_7fe31e4f' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'characternames' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Enter each character's name in a 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Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Piscine+%27Pi%27+Molitor+Patel">Piscine 'Pi' Molitor Patel</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Richard+Parker">Richard Parker</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Francis+Adirubasamy">Francis Adirubasamy</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Orange+Juice">Orange Juice</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Ravi+Patel">Ravi Patel</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_c40f7333">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_c40f7333')">show all 7 items</a>)</div><div id="u_c40f7333" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Gita+Patel">Gita Patel</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Santosh+Patel">Santosh Patel</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_18ec5a4a' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='2' name='u_18ec5a4a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Pacific+Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Pondicherry%2C+India">Pondicherry, India</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Toronto%2C+Ontario%2C+Canada">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Tomatl%C3%A1n%2C+Mexico">Tomatlán, Mexico</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/India">India</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_a2d52b77' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='34' name='u_a2d52b77' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_20a9a742' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='37' name='u_20a9a742' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="Life of Pi (2012 | tt0454876)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Life+of+Pi&f=37&exact=1&type=1">Life of Pi</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=2012">2012</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_fc36600c' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='28' name='u_fc36600c' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_e430be72' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='30' name='u_e430be72' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >à mes parents et à mon frère</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_c4cf9d92' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='25' name='u_c4cf9d92' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >My suffering left me sad and gloomy.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><I>This book was born as I was hungry.</I> (Author's Note)</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_45e473bc' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='27' name='u_45e473bc' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity — it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >If you take two steps toward God, God runs toward you</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_3157a0f2">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_3157a0f2')">show all 10 items</a>)</div><div id="u_3157a0f2" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while… [S]urely we are … permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >We commonly say in the trade  that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. In a general way we mean how our species' excessive predatoriness has made the entire planet our prey. More specifically, we have in mind the people who feed fishhooks to the otters, razors to the bears, apples with small nails in them to the elephants and hardware variations on the theme: ballpoint pens, paper clips, safety pins, rubber bands, combs, coffee spoons, horseshoes, pieces of broken glass, rings, brooches and other jewellery (and not just cheap plastic bangles: gold wedding bands, too), drinking straws, plastic cutlery, ping-pong balls, tennis balls and so on. The obituary of zoo animals that have died from being fed foreign bodies would include gorillas, bison, storks, rheas, ostriches, seals, sea lions, big cats, bears, camels, elephants, monkeys, and most every variety of deer, ruminant and songbird. Among zookeepers, Goliath's death is famous; he was a bull elephant seal, great big venerable beast to two tons, star of his European zoo, loved by all visitors. he died of internal bleeding after someone fed him a broken beer bottle.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >My story started on a calendar day--July 2nd, 1977--and ended on a calendar day--February 14th, 1978--but in between there was no calendar. I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_d0b4c459' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='26' name='u_d0b4c459' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_1f9c6277" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_1f9c6277')" id="link_u_1f9c6277">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_5c9abf12" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" ><i>If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams. </I> (Author's Note)</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_5c9abf12')" id="link_u_5c9abf12">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_520879f5' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='13' name='u_520879f5' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >This is the book. Please do not combine with the film.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_eb28277a' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='1' name='u_eb28277a' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_3eaed745' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='29' name='u_3eaed745' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.' ><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Atwood%2C+Margaret&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Atwood, Margaret</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originallanguage"></a>Original language</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_7ea7db53' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='58' name='u_7ea7db53' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originallanguage' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginallanguage'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=English&f=58&exact=1&type=1">English</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicalddc"></a>Canonical DDC/MDS</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_c7ac5930' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='61' name='u_c7ac5930' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'canonicalddc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Melvil Decimal Classification System' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicalddc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicallcc"></a>Canonical LCC</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_8bf0763f' itemType='1' itemNum='5197633' fieldType='66' name='u_8bf0763f' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'canonicallcc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Library of Congress Classification system' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicallcc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> </table></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_65" class="quickedit light flipped"><a class="nooffset" name="references"></a><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'references', 'u_60884c4a', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>References</span></div><div class="qelcontent references alwaysblue" id="u_60884c4a" style="display:block;"><p>References to this work on external resources.</p><h2><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/favicon_wikipedia.gif" class="icon">Wikipedia in English (2)</h2><div class="showmore" id="3029129993"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="autotable"><tr><td style="width: 33%"><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(6321385);" rel="nofollow">File:Life of Pi cover.png</a></p></td><td style="width: 33%"><p><a href="#" onclick="return load_externalresources(1039197);" rel="nofollow">Solar still</a></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_80" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'desc', 'u_f60b4096', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Book descriptions</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_f60b4096" style="display:block;">Martel's novel tells the story of Pi--short for Piscine--an unusual boy raised in a zoo in India. Pi's father decides to move the family to live in Canada and sell the animals to the great zoos of America. The ship taking them across the Pacific sinks and Pi finds himself the sole human survivor on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra with a broken leg and Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Life of Pi brings together many themes including religion, zoology, fear, and sheer tenacity. 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It is not a review.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdescription'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. 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