Life of Pi is a Canadian Fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

《少年派的奇幻漂流》是加拿大作家楊·馬泰爾所著的一部奇幻冒險(xiǎn)小說，在2001年正式發(fā)表。主要描述了一名印度男孩“Pi”（音譯“派”）在年少時(shí)奇妙的探險(xiǎn)故事。他在太平洋上與成年孟加拉虎理察?帕克同船而撐過二百二十七天。

The novel, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide, was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. In 2004, it won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction for years 2001–2003. In 2012 it was adapted into a theatrical feature film directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by David Magee.

小說，距今已在世界上售出超過1000萬冊(cè)。該書在接受加拿大克諾普夫出版社出版之前，至少拒絕了5家出版社的邀請(qǐng)，最終該小說在2001年正式發(fā)表。英國的版本還在下一年獲得了布克小說獎(jiǎng)。在2004年，該小說獲得了2001-2003年度亞太地區(qū)美國文學(xué)最好的成人小說文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。2012年李安導(dǎo)演執(zhí)手將其導(dǎo)演成電影，劇本由大衛(wèi)·麥基進(jìn)行了改編。

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