Nil
Magnum Nisi Bonum
No greatness without goodness. That’s the meaning of
the quotation above. Taken from Life Of
Pi, a novel written by Yann Martell. The novel I’m reading. Currently.
It was yesterday when I started reading it. Ida
bought it for me a few months back but I, being soooo busy, just couldn’t find
the time to read it. I just didn’t know when I would open the first page as
this year’s level of busyness was totally different. But now that I have
started reading it, I can’t stop. And I’m into my 144 page. But I’ll continue
on that later. Now is the time for me to write. Write what’s in my mind, and
maybe what’s in my heart as well.
Back to Life
Of Pi. It’s rather wordiness if I must say. Especially the first few
chapters. Guess it’s the writer style. But once you get into the stride, there’s
no stopping. Especially for avid reader. Now I am somewhere in the part where
Pi, the protagonist, is ship-wrecked. Oh, by the way, have you seen the movie? The
opening chapters are a contrast to what you see in the movie. They are not
there in the movie. And being movie, it can’t go into details, especially when
you deal with something abstract, such as feelings, perceptions, etc, etc.
Pi is a Hindu, a Christian, a Muslim, all three at
one go. Pi loves God. So much so that he sees God, or perhaps His reflections, His
shadow, in things that are common to the ordinary people.
Life Of Pi is actually something new to me, in that
it offers a different element: surprises, humanity, originality, and to an
extent life is a fairy tale. But I will not dwell or indulge too much into it
since I have yet to finish reading it. My final words would be: it’s unbelievable
believable. : )
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