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Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition

“Tomislav Torjanac has illustrated Yann Martel’s Booker-winning novel, Life of Pi, in sumptuous oils to create a special edition of rare beauty.”
—The Guardian

“If one flicks through the 40 images in the resplendent new hard-back edition, the decision to paint in the first person seems a stroke of genius.”
—The Times

“Torjanac’s digitally enhanced oils not only complemented Pi, they gave it a whole new vision, one born not so much from the mind of a hallucinatory writer, but from the hands of a hallucinator. Oh, not that Torjanac’s work is in any way hippie, mind you, but to get where he gets with image and reveal, it’s a cinch he’s gotta see things no one else sees.”
—The Miami Sun Post

“[Tomislav’s] shimmering, otherworldly art doesn’t do what it shouldn’t: it doesn’t supplant the images of the book inside your head, but somehow enhances them. (This is a close approximation to magic.) If you haven’t read Life of Pi, read this edition. If you have read Life of Pi, read it again. This edition.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune


Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition
was published in September 2007 and it features 40 full-colour illustrations (mostly full-page). There are two English-language editions:
^ The UK (Canongate) edition - hardcover with black linen spine, debossed letters, bookmark ribbon and illustrated endpapers; printed on matte, cream-coloured paper (photo by Pentagram)


^ The US (Harcourt) edition [identical to the Canadian (Knopf) edition] - hardcover with jacket, varnished illustration and letters; printed on bright white, coated art paper

All the illustrations in the book are oil/digital, 50x65cm, and painted from the first person's perspective - as seen through the main character's eyes. Below is a small preview with the appropriate quotes.


^ Lord, avert their eyes from me, I whispered in my soul.


^ I threw the mako towards the stern.


^ "There goes our lunch."


Other editions of Life of Pi: The Illustrated Edition: ^ Chinese, Hebrew, German, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovenian and Korean.