Life of Pi
A while back, some guy on AppleInsider (there’s really nowhere better if you’re looking for a good old-fashioned bar-room brawl) recommended in a thread there that had (de)evolved into the usual religious rant/bashfest that people read Yann Martell’s Life of Pi
I didn’t take it too seriously at first because I have been a bit disillusioned with modern fiction for some time but recently I was in a bookshop here in Barcelona and I saw it so I picked it up for the beach. All I can say is Wow! A life changing book (for me) and so I feel duty bound to credit Midwinter and AI as the source of my revelation.
I don’t really intend to post a review here (there’s plenty at the Amazon link above) but rather explore what I see as the esoteric themes of Martell’s book. I will focus on the Islamic/Sufi/Fortean aspects as this is what I am most familiar with but I’m sure those knowledgeable about Hinduism and Buddhism could find equally interesting parallels.
August 08 2005 in Reviews | Read More | Comments [10]
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