LIFE OF PI
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2011年11月 第1版
- ISBN 9780739377956
- 定价 173.00
内容简介
TheJungleBookmeetsNotWantedOntheVoyageinatriumphofstorytellingandoriginality:anovel,asonecharacterputsit,tomakeyoubelieveinGod.PiscineMolitorPatel,nicknamedPi,livesinPondicherry,India,wherehisfamilyrunsazoo.LittlePiisagreatreader.HedevoursbooksonHinduism,ChristianityandIslam,andtothesurpriseofhissecularparents,becomesdevotedtoallthreereligions.WhentheparentsdecidetoemigratetoCanada,thefamilyboardsacargoshipwithmanyoftheanimalsthataregoingtonewzoologicalhomesinNorthAmerica,andbravelysetssailfortheNewWorld.Alas,theshipsinks.AsolitarylifeboatremainsbobbingonthesurfaceofthewildbluePacific.Initarefivesurvivors:Pi,ahyena,azebra,anorang-utananda450-poundRoyalBengaltiger.Withintelligence,daringandinexpressiblefear,Pimanagestokeephiswitsabouthimastheanimalsbegintoasserttheirplacesinthefoodchain;itisthetiger,RichardParker,withwhomhemustdevelopaninviolableunderstanding.YannMartel’sLifeofPiisatransformativenovel:abooktodelightin,totalkaboutandtreasure.Itwillconvincethemostjadedamongus–andremindtherest–thatsomethinggranderisafootinourlivesthanwemayhaverealized.FromtheHardcoveredition.
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