Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian Tamil boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger which raises questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told.  

《 Pi的一生》是Yann Martel于2001年出版的加拿大哲学小说。其主角是来自本地治里的印度泰米尔男孩Piscine Molitor“ Pi” Patel，他从小就探索灵性和形而上学的问题。沉船事故发生后227天，他与孟加拉虎滞留在太平洋的救生艇上，幸存下来，这引发了人们对现实的本质以及如何感知和讲述现实的疑问。