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故事主角是一位十六歲的少年Pi Patel，他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，全家人和那些動物們，一起坐日本貨船從印度移居北美，但才出發不到幾天便遇上暴風雨，船沉了...
少年起先與一隻鬣狗、一隻猩猩、一隻受傷的斑馬，以及Richard Parker—一隻重達450磅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，但少年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，但他們都不相信，不停的盤問這個少年，「事實的真相」為何。
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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