Too thick of a spine, and your book closes with a tentlike gap. Pi grows up around animals in his familys zoo in india. In this case, that character is the adult pi irrfan khan telling his breathtaking life story to an aspiring writer rafe spall. Though, for every mention of life of pis beautiful 3d or amazing cgi tiger, theres a fuddled viewer confused by the movies. Life of pi is a novel which establishes lots of rewards from the readers. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and richard. In the spring of 1996, my second book, a novel, came out in canada. The book continues with pi ending in a shipwreck and having to share a lifeboat with a tiger. The tone is well balanced, the character and narrative development is lively and focused a bit of meandering here and there and magee finds places to inject real emotion into the tale. An impressive marriage of the jungle book with lord of the flies, its the harrowing coming of age tale of a boy who survives for over a year in a lifeboat with a zebra, an organgutan, an hyena and a. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what. But all too often spine measurements are overlooked during the design phase, and you end up with problems.
It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the new york times and the globe and mail, among many other best. A hyena, an orangutan, a zebra, and a bengal tiger. Although the novel was, as all books are, much richer, still, this is one of those rare movies that did fit the better category. Use this tool to determine the weight and spine width of your print titles. This is essential because the spine width needs to be integrated into. After studying philosophy at university, he worked at odd jobs and travelled before turning to writing at the age of twentysix. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. These book club discussion questions reveal important details about life of pi by yann martel. Study guide on life of pi by yann martel study guides book 17.
Richard parker, a tiger, who survives the storm with pi and they travel the sea together trying to survive one day at a time. Calculating your spine width to calculate the spine width of your book you can do that here. More than seven million copies soldthe beloved and bestselling novel and winner of the booker prize, life of pi. Enter your email address if you would like these results to be mailed to you. After that i noticed the black worms with the white spines, the. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteenyearold boy named pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutanand a 450pound royal bengal tiger. In this post we share book cover design basics for both your front book cover and back book cover design. Use the book spine calculator to figure out the spine width. After the family decides to immigrate to canada and sell the zoo animals, the ship on which they are making the journey. The stunning visuals made the movie life of pi one of the few ive enjoyed more than the novel. Life of pi by yann martel is about an indian boy, pi, who gets shipwrecked with a tiger.
I began watching life of pi 2012 with not the slightest idea of what the film would be about other than a youth and a tiger being adrift at sea. Spine width calculator and book sizes printondemandworldwide. The fore edge is the vertical edge of the book opposite the spine, where. Choose your paper type and the number of pages your book will include and our easy to use spine calculator will work out the size your spine needs to be. Life of pi life of pi a novel authors note this book was born as i was hungry. Life of pi is a moving story about a young man that struggles to survive onboard a lifeboat with a wild tiger. To calculate the spine width of your book you can do that here. The narrative combines religion, science, and mathematics to show how each of these. The success of life of pi took two years of my life touring and all that. Published in edinburgh publisher canongate books ltd height mm 178 imprint canongate books ltd width mm 111 format paperback spine width mm 28. If you need help deciding what paper type to print on check out our guide, or get in touch if you have any questions. Common spine elements to add after the book title include author name, publisher name or publisher logo. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Book spine calculator book thickness calculator what is a book.
Whether hardcover or softcover, all perfect bound books require a book spine. Life of pi, yann martels second novel, proves theyre not. Its plot stretches the limits of credibility into new and exciting shapes, and the fact that martel has made. Spine width mm spine width mm for matt art 150 gsm. Protagonist pi is a pantheist with a huge heart who. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Martel creates a wonderfully realized, clever character in pi, and a unique world of home, zoo, school, and various houses of various gods. I read life of pi written by yann martel, which is a fiction book about a boy who is cast out into the ocean after a horrific storm but realizes that he is not the only survivor. Life of pi takes place in 1970s india where we get the story of pi growing up in a zoo. Saddle stitch stapled pages with color laminated cover, 448 page count.
Life of pi by yann martel book club discussion questions. Life of pi explores these questions in the tale of a devoutly religious indian boy nicknamed pi who becomes stranded on a lifeboat with an unrestrained 450pound bengal tiger as his only companion. The dimensions from the spine calculator include a 18. The front page will be reading from left to right the width of the back cover, plus the width of the spine as determined via ppi information, plus the width of the front cover, with all art for these elements placed correctly. Life of pi, first edition abebooks passion for books. When your project comes to bookmobile, it gets the benefit of thirtytwo years of knowhow. Were not 100% positive about that claim, but we do think that if any book can do it, it might just be this one. Its a book that really connects with a lot of people. After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue pacific. Life of pi ataglance cliffsnotes study guides book.
I also have an eightmonthold son, thats taken some of my time. Reviewers were puzzled, or damned it with faint praise. Creating a book spine is a critical aspect of the book design process. Where life of pi falls short of classic status is in david magees finding neverland screenplay. Spine width mm spine width mm for matt art 115 gsm. How to determine book cover spine width pen and the pad. I would imagine it appeals to a wide variety of people, just wanting to hear back if anyone cares to share. If asked which book was responsible for the highest number of road to damascus moments, most people would probably suggest the bible, or the koran, or even the tao of pooh yet this is the claim made by yann martel in the prologue to his booker prize winning, best selling, world changing novel life of pi. Custom printed book spine size calculator alta graphics. Learn about the book spine and how to calculate the thickness of a book. Pi patel is sixteen when his family emigrates from india to north america aboard a japanese cargo ship.
May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. The croatian artist tomislav torjanac has illustrated yann martels bookerwinning novel, life of pi, in sumptuous oils to create a special edition of rare beauty. The film also stars tabu as pis mother and ayush tandon as the preteen pi patel. The protagonist is piscine molitor pi patel, an indian tamil boy from pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. Yann martel born 25 june 1963 is a spanishborn canadian author of french canadian descent best known for the man booker prizewinning novel life of pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. Perfect bound glued spine with color laminated cover. Its author, yann martel, spent a year and a half researching along with religion and zoology disaster and castaway stories yann martel, how i wrote life of pi. After the sinking of a cargo ship only one lifeboat remains on the pacifichousing a teen named pi, a hyena, a zebra and a royal bengal tiger. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteenyearold boy named pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang. The ship sinks, and pi is left alone on a lifeboat, his only companions being stranded zoo animals. These book club discussion questions on life of pi will allow your book club to delve into the questions martel raises. Life of pi by martel, yann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
When yann martel won the booker prize for his genredefying novel, chair of judges lisa jardine said that life of pi would make you believe in god. Any background colour or image will need extending for an additional 3mm beyond the outer edges this is known as bleed. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Height, width, thickness, outside height if youre clarifying that its the cover. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with richard. The extra room accommodates for the book jacket and the hardcover boards. This form calculates the width of the spine of a paperback book based on paper basis weight, page count, and allowance for the thickness of the cover. Life of pi is an emotional story written by yann martel, a canadian novelist, in which he describes an unbelievable adventure of a teen boy the action starts in india, where pis family decides. Once the book is bound, it gets trimmed, and at this stage the 18 bleed is trimmed off.
Likewise you can also change all or at least most of the default design options. Custom printed book size calculator provides instant artwork template sizes for cover, bleed, spine size based on book page count, paper stock and finished size. He is also the author of the novels beatrice and virgil and self, the collection of stories the facts behind the helsinki roccamatios. See more ideas about book spine, books, book worms. The bit where all three religious figures realize that pi has joined their faith is quite funny, and so wise. Adventure, magical realism, philosophical literature, postmodernism. Life of pi is a canadian philosophical novel by yann martel published in 2001. The cover of the universally acclaimed life of pi by yann martel does. Life of pi ultimately does more things right than it does wrong. This will comprise one side of the cover press sheet the outer covers and spine. What is the name of the cloth strip which is used to mark the page which you stopped reading.
Book cover spine width refers to a books thickness. Based in minneapolis, minnesota, bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982 and started offering print services in 1996. If the book has 200 pages and the ppi is 400, the books spine width is 200400, which is half an inch. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Pi draws upon his knowledge of wild animal traininghis father was a zookeeper back in indiato establish an uneasy peace. Perfectbound book spines 101 publishers graphics blog. For example, if your book has both a main title and subtitle, the main title should appear at the top of the spine. Text should be centered horizontally along the width of the spine and have a minimum gap of 116 inches between it and the. Professional book cover designers and amateurs who wish to design their own book cover need to know how to determine the book cover spine width. Life of pi won the 2002 man booker prize and has been translated into more than forty languages. Are there also names for the various dimensions of a book. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading.
If you want to change the width of all lines except axes in the plot, you can simply change the parameter lines. Life of pi is a fascinating and original story of survival and identity. Keep the type and elements that you dont want trimmed off at least 38. Yann martel was born in spain in 1963 of canadian parents. Life of pi by yann martel is one of those books that becomes richer when you can discuss it with friends.
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