Saturday, 23 August 2003

life of pi

What makes a good story? What is truth? Where does faith end?

An excellent story, with humor and pain in spurts. An excellent production, nearly exactly as long in audio as our drive. And I had forgotten, since I can't on a bike and in a city bus I can read now, what I like about audio books: the sense of place. Pi's naming himself is Monarch Pass; his exploration of religion is the stretch between the town and the canyon of Gunnison; his coming up with a survival plan is nearly in Montrose; and the most fabulous (fable-esque) interlude of the sea journey is at Chief Hosa's grave, nearly home.