この本を読んだきっかけは、ロンドンのTIMES紙にここ10年に出された本100選の中で第7位の傑作とされていたこと。2002年のBooker賞も受賞している。
軽妙な語り口。ユーモアもある。意表を突くストーリーの展開がとても巧妙で、冴えている。これが傑作の所以だろう。巻頭の謝辞には、主人公となった本人や日本貨物船の事故調査にあたった日本の係官への言及もあり、単なるフィクションではなく、実話が混ざっているのかと思われる要素もある。
そして、これは、短なる漂流冒険小説ではない。宗教論、動物学などいろんな要素がちりばめられている。僕はインドに住んでいたことがあるので、主人公であるインド人の若者が帰依するヒンズー教やイスラムには若干の馴染みがある。が、「神」について思いの深い人であればもっと含蓄がある物語なのだと思う。
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Life of Pi ペーパーバック – 2003/5/1
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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?
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?
- 本の長さ336ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Mariner Books
- 発売日2003/5/1
- 対象9 and up
- 対象読者年齢14歳歳以上
- 寸法20.32 x 12.7 x 2.31 cm
- ISBN-109780156027328
- ISBN-13978-0156027328
- Lexile指数830
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"Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life."— The New York Times Book Review
"A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."— Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A gripping adventure story . . . Laced with wit, spiced with terror, it's a book by an extraordinary talent."— St. Paul Pioneer-Press
"A terrific book . . . Fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore."— Margaret Atwood
"An impassioned defense of zoos, a death-defying trans-Pacific sea adventure a la Kon-Tiki, and a hilarious shaggy-dog story . . . : This audacious novel manages to be all of these." — The New Yorker
"Readers familiar with Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields should learn to make room on the map of contemporary Canadian fiction for the formidable Yann Martel." — Chicago Tribune
"Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life."— The New York Times Book Review
"A story to make you believe in the soul-sustaining power of fiction."— Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A gripping adventure story . . . Laced with wit, spiced with terror, it's a book by an extraordinary talent."— St. Paul Pioneer-Press
"A terrific book . . . Fresh, original, smart, devious, and crammed with absorbing lore."— Margaret Atwood
"An impassioned defense of zoos, a death-defying trans-Pacific sea adventure a la Kon-Tiki, and a hilarious shaggy-dog story . . . : This audacious novel manages to be all of these." — The New Yorker
"Readers familiar with Margaret Atwood, Mavis Gallant, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields should learn to make room on the map of contemporary Canadian fiction for the formidable Yann Martel." — Chicago Tribune
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- ASIN : 0156027321
- 出版社 : Mariner Books; 第1版 (2003/5/1)
- 発売日 : 2003/5/1
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 336ページ
- ISBN-10 : 9780156027328
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インド人の少年Pi(円周率のパイ、フランス語の「プール」に由来する名前でもある)のお父さんは動物園を経営しているが、一家でカナダへの移住を決意。アメリカなど売り先の決まっている動物たちも同じカーゴ船に積み込まれいっしょに出発するが、船は太平洋の真ん中で沈没。たまたまデッキに出ていたPiだけは救命ボートに乗り込み一命をとりとめるのだが、そこには意外な同乗者がいた。脚を折ったシマウマ、ハイエナ、ベンガルタイガー、そして後から漂着したオランウータンも乗り込んでくる。しかし、自然の摂理に基づいて弱者は命を落としていき、最後に船上にはRichard Parkerという名前のベンガルタイガーと、Piのみが残る。それが少年とベンガルタイガーとの抜き差しならない漂流物語の幕開けだった・・・。
物語を読む喜びを満身に感じながら読み進めた素晴らしい作品。過酷を極める漂流の物語のページを繰りながらも、それゆえ大変幸福で、だからPiの漂流が終わらず、Piは決して陸地へとたどり着かず、この冒険が永遠に終わらないことを願いながら読み進めました。これは素晴らしい仕掛けと力に満ちた冒険物語であると同時に、命や自然の神秘, そして信仰へとつながるアメイジングストーリーである。大絶賛。
ブッカー賞をとっているわりには日本での扱いは地味だけれど(なぜ?)、その後竹書房から翻訳も出たようだ。
物語を読む喜びを満身に感じながら読み進めた素晴らしい作品。過酷を極める漂流の物語のページを繰りながらも、それゆえ大変幸福で、だからPiの漂流が終わらず、Piは決して陸地へとたどり着かず、この冒険が永遠に終わらないことを願いながら読み進めました。これは素晴らしい仕掛けと力に満ちた冒険物語であると同時に、命や自然の神秘, そして信仰へとつながるアメイジングストーリーである。大絶賛。
ブッカー賞をとっているわりには日本での扱いは地味だけれど(なぜ?)、その後竹書房から翻訳も出たようだ。
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この本との出会いは、ロンドンの本屋さんの店頭。ベストセラーに挙げられていて、表紙のよさにもつられて買いました。(実はトラが大好きなので)
ですが、一度目は途中で挫折。余りにも退屈で、とても読み進められず。でも、もう一度挑戦してみることにしたのです。
もう一度手にとってみても、やはり退屈なLife Of Pi…特に船が沈むまでは正直かなり飛ばし読みしました。説明がくどくどと長く、もどかしい。漂流し始めてからもやっぱり長く、「最後がスゴイ、最後がスゴイ」と念じながら読み進めること相当間。
やっと最後まで、、、。「もう一つの物語」を真実と捉えるか否かで「スゴイ」かどうかが決まるということですね。解釈は、読んだ人それぞれで分かれるところでしょう。退屈なんだけど、でもこの本が面白いのかつまらないのか判断するには、最後まで読むしかないんですね(この本に限らず、どの本でもおなじですけど)
最後の展開はともかく、途中があまりにもダレすぎるという印象は否めないため、3点献上。
ですが、一度目は途中で挫折。余りにも退屈で、とても読み進められず。でも、もう一度挑戦してみることにしたのです。
もう一度手にとってみても、やはり退屈なLife Of Pi…特に船が沈むまでは正直かなり飛ばし読みしました。説明がくどくどと長く、もどかしい。漂流し始めてからもやっぱり長く、「最後がスゴイ、最後がスゴイ」と念じながら読み進めること相当間。
やっと最後まで、、、。「もう一つの物語」を真実と捉えるか否かで「スゴイ」かどうかが決まるということですね。解釈は、読んだ人それぞれで分かれるところでしょう。退屈なんだけど、でもこの本が面白いのかつまらないのか判断するには、最後まで読むしかないんですね(この本に限らず、どの本でもおなじですけど)
最後の展開はともかく、途中があまりにもダレすぎるという印象は否めないため、3点献上。
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映画鑑賞後の勢いで即ダウンロードして読んだ。あんな終わり方をしたら原作を読まぬ訳にはいかない。
・・・で、文字通り、「飛ぶように」読了。あっという間に引き込まれた。紙の本なら480ページだが
長さを全く感じなかった。
「漂流」前の記述が退屈、という指摘もあるようだがわたしはそうは思わなかった。
漂流するパイが思い・考える様々なことの伏線が前半部にある。
動物や魚の名称など馴染みが無い単語にやや戸惑うかもしれないが、kindleなら語句の意味は
すぐ調べられて楽チン。
映画は若干賛否が分かれるようだが、映画が良かった人は原作もきっと気に入るはず。おすすめ。
・・・で、文字通り、「飛ぶように」読了。あっという間に引き込まれた。紙の本なら480ページだが
長さを全く感じなかった。
「漂流」前の記述が退屈、という指摘もあるようだがわたしはそうは思わなかった。
漂流するパイが思い・考える様々なことの伏線が前半部にある。
動物や魚の名称など馴染みが無い単語にやや戸惑うかもしれないが、kindleなら語句の意味は
すぐ調べられて楽チン。
映画は若干賛否が分かれるようだが、映画が良かった人は原作もきっと気に入るはず。おすすめ。
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最初は主人公のインドでの境遇・生活の描写がつづくんですけれど(ちょっと長いかも)、たしかに色々な宗教の入り混じった土地としては最も適した土地なのかも知れませんね。それにしても、少年とトラが小さなボートにのって漂流するというアイディアが秀逸です。これが読者をハラハラドキドキさせてくれるでしょう。最後に若干の謎を残す作品ですので、「う~んどうなんだろう」と頭をひねって悩んで考えてみてください。
また、本の最後にREADING GROUP GUIDEがついているのですが、これを見て物語を思い返すと物語の構成がしっかり分かってくると思います。
また、本の最後にREADING GROUP GUIDEがついているのですが、これを見て物語を思い返すと物語の構成がしっかり分かってくると思います。
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A. Nichol
5つ星のうち4.0
Starts well, ends well, but with a few damp patches
2015年9月15日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I read this off the back of Clancy, and so the contrast couldn't have been more stark.
Too many books I've come across lately lack any emotional or philosophical depth, so it was lovely to read something so whimsical and heart-felt. The story is incredibly simple - a boy survives a ship wreck and finds himself on a lifeboat with a bengal tiger - which leaves a LOT of room for emotional and philosophical exploration. Probably too much room.
It opens wonderfully, painting an imaginative and technicolour picture of Pi's life and family that draws you into his world. Sadly, any momentum is then lost in the following tedious exploration of religious context spanning many, many chapters. So the boy worships many gods; a funny joke told too many times, before the punchline is explained in excruciating detail.
Once castaway, the story picks up again. The first half of this adventure is packed with variety and answers to those "what if" questions that naturally spring to mind. After a while, though, it just gets boring. I started looking at the progress bar at the bottom of my kindle, willing it to come to an end.
I had mixed feelings about the ending. While I was reading it, I was cursing Martel for dragging it out needlessly. But by the time I'd finished it, I totally understood why he had to.
Ultimately, there are some damp patches throughout, but it starts well and ends well, with a few really nice set-pieces in between. It also leaves you with some great "what do you think really happened" discussion material when it's all over.
Too many books I've come across lately lack any emotional or philosophical depth, so it was lovely to read something so whimsical and heart-felt. The story is incredibly simple - a boy survives a ship wreck and finds himself on a lifeboat with a bengal tiger - which leaves a LOT of room for emotional and philosophical exploration. Probably too much room.
It opens wonderfully, painting an imaginative and technicolour picture of Pi's life and family that draws you into his world. Sadly, any momentum is then lost in the following tedious exploration of religious context spanning many, many chapters. So the boy worships many gods; a funny joke told too many times, before the punchline is explained in excruciating detail.
Once castaway, the story picks up again. The first half of this adventure is packed with variety and answers to those "what if" questions that naturally spring to mind. After a while, though, it just gets boring. I started looking at the progress bar at the bottom of my kindle, willing it to come to an end.
I had mixed feelings about the ending. While I was reading it, I was cursing Martel for dragging it out needlessly. But by the time I'd finished it, I totally understood why he had to.
Ultimately, there are some damp patches throughout, but it starts well and ends well, with a few really nice set-pieces in between. It also leaves you with some great "what do you think really happened" discussion material when it's all over.

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5つ星のうち5.0
A film to be remembered forever.
2020年4月24日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I had been avoiding this movie for a few years due to a lack of interest.
How foolish I was.
Life of Pi is an extraordinary 3D adventure.
It is a film I will forever remember.
With astonishing visual effects, showing what it means to be human, and a remarkable storyline between the two central characters, Life of Pi is unquestionably a great film.
I fully recommend this film for it is so much more than a film.
It is an experience.
How foolish I was.
Life of Pi is an extraordinary 3D adventure.
It is a film I will forever remember.
With astonishing visual effects, showing what it means to be human, and a remarkable storyline between the two central characters, Life of Pi is unquestionably a great film.
I fully recommend this film for it is so much more than a film.
It is an experience.

Janie U
5つ星のうち5.0
Beautifully written, deep and spiritual
2014年5月20日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I bought this book when it won the Booker prize years ago but never really got past the first few pages. I then saw the film when it was released and tried to read the book again straight afterwards but the images were too strong in my head so yet again it didn't work. I tried again now and am so pleased I did.
The book starts with an "authors note" which places the mood and source of the story. Plenty of seeds are sown here and the spiritual setting is created. Throughout the book we hear more from the author as he gets to find out Pi's story.
Scene setting dominates the first third of the book and Pi is established, then the boat sinks and the story simply starts to fly.
I savoured this book, the writing is beautiful and seems to demand that you read it slowly, taking in every word. Pi had an endless amount of time at sea and wants the reader to understand that the progress of time means nothing compared to the compulsion to survive.
Even having seen the film and having fairly high expectations, I was blown away by the relationship between boy and tiger with its simplicity and complexity on many different levels.
We know that Pi survives from the beginning of the book which gives a calm to our experience of his journey and I somehow wanted his progression (physically and spiritually) to continue forever.
The book is full of wonderful quotes but one of my favourites is " Fiction is the selective transforming of reality" - somehow seems to sum up this book wonderfully.
The book starts with an "authors note" which places the mood and source of the story. Plenty of seeds are sown here and the spiritual setting is created. Throughout the book we hear more from the author as he gets to find out Pi's story.
Scene setting dominates the first third of the book and Pi is established, then the boat sinks and the story simply starts to fly.
I savoured this book, the writing is beautiful and seems to demand that you read it slowly, taking in every word. Pi had an endless amount of time at sea and wants the reader to understand that the progress of time means nothing compared to the compulsion to survive.
Even having seen the film and having fairly high expectations, I was blown away by the relationship between boy and tiger with its simplicity and complexity on many different levels.
We know that Pi survives from the beginning of the book which gives a calm to our experience of his journey and I somehow wanted his progression (physically and spiritually) to continue forever.
The book is full of wonderful quotes but one of my favourites is " Fiction is the selective transforming of reality" - somehow seems to sum up this book wonderfully.

Dyl
5つ星のうち5.0
A great story beautifully written
2013年1月28日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I only bought this book because it was 20p and was supposed to be good. I really wasn't expecting to like it much. The fact that it had won awards planted a thought in my head that it was going to be a load of arty farty gibberish, that was too clever and fancy for the average person to enjoy. However, if that turned out to be the case then I had only lost 20p and a small amount of time.
Then I started reading it.
My opinion was slowly changed over the first few chapters. This book is beautifully written without being pretentious. The author describes scenes and events in a way that makes them easy to imagine and worth picturing in your mind as though you were there. Often a film will outdo a book on the fact that it can show beautiful scenery that can't easily be described in words. If that is the case here then I can't wait to see the film because to outdo the imagery possible from this book it will need to be spectacular.
The first third of the book builds up the character of Piscine (Pi) and often goes into details of religion. It never goes so far as to preach in any way though. It doesn't say that any one religion is, overall, better than any other. It is even funny when an argument breaks out regarding the subject. I am atheist but I am also fascinated by religion so maybe that was why I didn't find this section of the story boring. I can, however, see why some people would and would only urge them to persevere because the book picks up considerably afterwards.
The idea of a boy being stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger and a few other animals sounds ridiculous. That someone could write a book based on this event and make it interesting is almost unbelievable. How can you write so much about such a small group of characters trapped in a miniscule almost featureless setting and keep people from falling asleep? I had wondered whether all of the animals would start talking because I went into this book with no idea of how the characters interacted with each other. The answer again lies in the authors ability to describe everything so amazingly well. Whether it is about the confines and yet territorially broken up small boat, the vast emptiness of the ocean, the beauty and terror of the weather, the despair of being alone, the elation of discovering a way to continue surviving, or the fear of, and respect for, a 450 pound tiger, it is stunningly written.
Different people will interpret the words in different ways too. Some will read it is an adventure with a bit of survival ingenuity thrown in; some might read it as a kind of spiritual journey giving events a religious meaning; others could interpret it as a view of life itself. The way it is written means that there will be different parts where readers suddenly think, "Ahhhh! So that's what the author is trying to say." I personally had my moment of realisation, (I won't say at what point), and saw it as an interpretation of life. Everyone has there own little area in a vast world, with their own hopes and fears, their own limited provisions, their own moments of suddenly working out how to do something, their own loneliness and their own dark times and light times. You may read it and find some other explanation. That is what this book does. It leaves you to make up your mind, and it does it not out of laziness. Some readers have been disappointed by the ending. I thought it was great. In one respect it answered everything and yet, in another respect, left me wondering about whether it was a definite answer or not.
Life of Pi falls into a small group of things that are surprising in their brilliance. The film "Buried" is another, where the director managed to make ninety minutes of a man in a buried coffin with just a lighter and a phone compulsive viewing. Another film, "Lebanon", is similar. The entire film is viewed from the confines of a tank with its four occupants trying to get away from trouble after taking a wrong turn. In a similar, but also unique way, Life of Pi also turns a cramped scene into a fantastic story. Those who read this book will remember it for a long time afterwards. It has certainly gone down as one of the greatest books I have ever read.
Stunning! The best 20p I am ever likely to spend.
Then I started reading it.
My opinion was slowly changed over the first few chapters. This book is beautifully written without being pretentious. The author describes scenes and events in a way that makes them easy to imagine and worth picturing in your mind as though you were there. Often a film will outdo a book on the fact that it can show beautiful scenery that can't easily be described in words. If that is the case here then I can't wait to see the film because to outdo the imagery possible from this book it will need to be spectacular.
The first third of the book builds up the character of Piscine (Pi) and often goes into details of religion. It never goes so far as to preach in any way though. It doesn't say that any one religion is, overall, better than any other. It is even funny when an argument breaks out regarding the subject. I am atheist but I am also fascinated by religion so maybe that was why I didn't find this section of the story boring. I can, however, see why some people would and would only urge them to persevere because the book picks up considerably afterwards.
The idea of a boy being stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger and a few other animals sounds ridiculous. That someone could write a book based on this event and make it interesting is almost unbelievable. How can you write so much about such a small group of characters trapped in a miniscule almost featureless setting and keep people from falling asleep? I had wondered whether all of the animals would start talking because I went into this book with no idea of how the characters interacted with each other. The answer again lies in the authors ability to describe everything so amazingly well. Whether it is about the confines and yet territorially broken up small boat, the vast emptiness of the ocean, the beauty and terror of the weather, the despair of being alone, the elation of discovering a way to continue surviving, or the fear of, and respect for, a 450 pound tiger, it is stunningly written.
Different people will interpret the words in different ways too. Some will read it is an adventure with a bit of survival ingenuity thrown in; some might read it as a kind of spiritual journey giving events a religious meaning; others could interpret it as a view of life itself. The way it is written means that there will be different parts where readers suddenly think, "Ahhhh! So that's what the author is trying to say." I personally had my moment of realisation, (I won't say at what point), and saw it as an interpretation of life. Everyone has there own little area in a vast world, with their own hopes and fears, their own limited provisions, their own moments of suddenly working out how to do something, their own loneliness and their own dark times and light times. You may read it and find some other explanation. That is what this book does. It leaves you to make up your mind, and it does it not out of laziness. Some readers have been disappointed by the ending. I thought it was great. In one respect it answered everything and yet, in another respect, left me wondering about whether it was a definite answer or not.
Life of Pi falls into a small group of things that are surprising in their brilliance. The film "Buried" is another, where the director managed to make ninety minutes of a man in a buried coffin with just a lighter and a phone compulsive viewing. Another film, "Lebanon", is similar. The entire film is viewed from the confines of a tank with its four occupants trying to get away from trouble after taking a wrong turn. In a similar, but also unique way, Life of Pi also turns a cramped scene into a fantastic story. Those who read this book will remember it for a long time afterwards. It has certainly gone down as one of the greatest books I have ever read.
Stunning! The best 20p I am ever likely to spend.

Hodgeheg
5つ星のうち4.0
Beautifully written, but perhaps I am not 'spiritual' enough to see the messages some seem to see?
2013年3月24日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This is a beautiful book. I was captured for 2 days on a boat with a tiger with Pi; the writing gave me that fuzzy feel I get with books which are clearly surreal, but so lovely you believe them anyway. So, I enjoyed the process of reading the book, and thoroughly recommend it. And without the hype surrounding this book, that would be that with this review.
However, a few things genuinely puzzle me. I finished this book smiling but entirely unsure what the message was supposed to be. Is his argument for believing in god entirely based on the premise that everything is nicer and fuzzier if you believe in something, irrelevant of whether it is true? That doesn't strike me as particularly profound, even with the excellent example this story is for that idea. Yes, it is much nicer and fuzzier to imagine a story of animals on a boat rather than people dying horrible deaths, but that does nothing to make the people dying horrible deaths not true. That is basically an 'ignorance is bliss' argument, which is fine, but can you actively choose to be ignorant? Confusing.
I also felt a bit uncomfortable with the constant assertions that animals are better off in zoos, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion...
So, enjoyable read, but it hasn't made me believe in god. Or even really understood why it should have made me believe in god.
However, a few things genuinely puzzle me. I finished this book smiling but entirely unsure what the message was supposed to be. Is his argument for believing in god entirely based on the premise that everything is nicer and fuzzier if you believe in something, irrelevant of whether it is true? That doesn't strike me as particularly profound, even with the excellent example this story is for that idea. Yes, it is much nicer and fuzzier to imagine a story of animals on a boat rather than people dying horrible deaths, but that does nothing to make the people dying horrible deaths not true. That is basically an 'ignorance is bliss' argument, which is fine, but can you actively choose to be ignorant? Confusing.
I also felt a bit uncomfortable with the constant assertions that animals are better off in zoos, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion...
So, enjoyable read, but it hasn't made me believe in god. Or even really understood why it should have made me believe in god.