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Lädt ... The Elephants in My Backyard: A Memoir (2016. Auflage)von Rajiv Surendra (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Rajiv Surendra is best known for his role as the rapping mathlete in the original Mean Girls. Currently he hosts a YouTube channel where he is a Renaissance man showing how to do everything from throwing pottery, to calligraphy to upholstering furniture. Elephants in My Back Yard is his memoir of growing up in Canada and getting established. The majority of the book deals with his single minded focus on being cast as Pi in the film version of Life of Pi, an effort that was ultimately unsuccessful. Nevertheless his devotion to the attempt was admirable. To prepare he learned how to swim, visited Sri Lanka, and spent years pursuing anyone who could help get him cast. This is an interesting look inside of a talented man's life. ( ) I was surprised to find this memoir, but I am incredibly happy that I found it. This book follows the story of Rajiv trying to be cast as the main character in the Life of Pi movie and it includes all of his ups and downs in the journey. It is a really special journey to go along with him by reading this book. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The author recalls how, after reading Life of Pi and learning that it was going to be adapted into a major motion picture, he threw himself into extensive preparations to try to land the lead role that led him around the world, and discovered himself in the face of failure.
"What happens when you spend ten years obsessively pursuing a dream, and then, in the blink of an eye, learn that you have failed? In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel's Life of Pi. Mesmerized by all the similarities between Pi and himself--both are five-foot-five with coffee-colored complexions, both share a South Indian culture, both lived by a zoo--when Rajiv learns that Life of Pi will be made into a major motion picture he is convinced that playing the title role is his destiny. In a great leap of faith, Rajiv embarks on a quest to embody the sixteen-year-old Tamil schoolboy. He quits university and buys a one-way ticket from Toronto to South India. He visits the sacred stone temples of Pondicherry, he travels to the frigid waters off the coast of rural Maine, and explores the cobbled streets of Munich. He befriends Yann Martel, a priest, a castaway, an eccentric old woman, and a pack of Tamil schoolboys. He learns how to swim, to spin wool, to keep bees, and to look a tiger in the eye. All the while he is really learning how to dream big, to fail, to survive, to love, and to become who he truly is. Rajiv Surendra captures the uncertainty, heartache, and joy of finding ones place in the world with sly humor and refreshing honesty. The Elephants in My Backyard is not a journey of goals and victories, but a story of process and determination. It is a spellbinding and profound book for anyone who has ever failed at something and had to find a new path through life. "--Dust jacket. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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