Pi Patel is an unusual boy． The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam． When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes．
The ship sinks． Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger． Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days lost at sea． When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again． The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth．" After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional-but is it more true?
Life of Pi is at once a realistic, rousing adventure and a meta-tale of survival that explores the redemptive power of storytelling and the transformative nature of fiction． It's a story, as one character puts it, to make you believe in God．
作者簡介：
Yann Martel, the son of diplomats, was born in Spain in 1963． He grew up in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska, and Canada and as an adult has spent time in Iran, Turkey, and India． After studying philosophy in college, he worked at various odd jobs until he began earning his living as a writer at the age of twenty-seven． He lives in Montreal．
Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
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Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
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Amazon．com Review
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith． The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas．" Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter． After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth")． It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature． After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination． In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life． I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion．"
An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U．S． At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book． A long book with a never-ending story． One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time．" It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book． --Brad Thomas Parsons --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title．
得獎紀錄：Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction媒體推薦：Amazon．com Review
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith． The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas．" Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up th...
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作者： 楊．馬泰爾
出版社： Houghton Mifflin Com
出版日期：2012-10-02ISBN/ISSN：9780544045200
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