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少年Pi的奇幻漂流

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內容簡介 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. The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. 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 while 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?

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各界推薦 本書獲得二○○二年布克獎榮譽，主角是一位十六歲的少年Pi Patel，是動物園飼養員的兒子，對動物的行為習慣十分瞭解，十六歲那年，他們全家和那些動物一起坐日本貨船從印度移居北美。然後船沉了。少年起先與一隻鬣狗、一隻猩猩、一隻受傷的斑馬，和Richard Parker——一隻450磅重的孟加拉虎乘救生筏在海上漂流。老虎很快把其他動物都吃了，但Pi Patel卻與這隻老虎安然無恙的度過了二百二十七天，直到他們抵達墨西哥岸，老虎消失在叢林裡，Pi對調查當局說了這個奇異的故事，但他們卻不相信，不停的盤問這個少年，「事實的真相」為何。 加拿大國寶級女作家Margret Atwood讚揚這本書是「一本很棒的書、新鮮、原創、睿智、不循正軌、滿溢著引人入勝的識見」。 一九六三年於西班牙出生，在阿拉斯加長大，現居旅居過世界相當多城市、國家的加拿大作家Yann Martel，獲布克獎之前，已出過短篇小說集The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios，得過Journey Prize，首部小說Self入圍加拿大重要的文學獎Chapters Books in Canada First Novel Award。雖然作品量不多，但每本都曾獲過獎項肯定。

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