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》是加拿大作家杨·马泰尔所著的一部奇幻冒险小说，在2001年正式发表。主要描述了一名印度男生“Pi”（音译“派”）在年少时奇妙的探险故事。他在太平洋上与成年孟加拉虎理察‧帕克同船而撑过二百二十七天。
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.
小说，距今已在世界上售出超越1000万册。该书在同意加拿大克诺普夫出版社出版之前，至少拒绝了5家出版社的邀请，最后该小说在2001年正式发表。英国的版本还在下一年获得了布克小说奖。在2004年，该小说获得了2001-2003年度亚太区域美国文学最好的成人小说文学奖。2012年李安导演执手将它导演成电影，剧本由大卫·麦基进行了改编。
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