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1、LifeofPiYannMartelàmesparentsetàmonjreCONTENTSAuthor'sNotePart1:TorontoandPondicherryChapter:123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536Part2:ThePacificOceanChapter:37383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788

2、899091929394Part3:BenitoJuárezInfirmary,Tomatlán,MexicoChapter:9596979899100AUTHOR’SNOTEThisbookwasbornasIwashungry.Letmeexplain.Inthespringof1996,mysecondbook,anovel,cameoutinCanada.Itdidn’tfarewell.Reviewerswerepuzzled,ordamneditwithfaintpraise.Thenreadersignoredit.Despitemybesteffortsat

3、playingtheclownorthetrapezeartist,themediacircusmadenodifference.Thebookdidnotmove.Bookslinedtheshelvesofbookstoreslikekidsstandinginarowtoplaybaseballorsoccer,andminewasthegangly,unathletickidthatnoonewantedontheirteam.Itvanishedquicklyandquietly.Thefiascodidnotaffectmetoomuch.Ihadalready

4、movedontoanotherstory,anovelsetinPortugalin1939.OnlyIwasfeelingrestless.AndIhadalittlemoney.SoIflewtoBombay.Thisisnotsoillogicalifyourealizethreethings:thatastintinIndiawillbeattherestlessnessoutofanylivingcreature;thatalittlemoneycangoalongwaythere;andthatanovelsetinPortugalin1939mayhavev

5、erylittletodowithPortugalin1939.IhadbeentoIndiabefore,inthenorth,forfivemonths.OnthatfirsttripIhadcometothesubcontinentcompletelyunprepared.Actually,Ihadapreparationofoneword.WhenItoldafriendwhoknewthecountrywellofmytravelplans,hesaidcasually,“TheyspeakafunnyEnglishinIndia.Theylikewordslik

6、ebamboozle.”IrememberedhiswordsasmyplanestarteditsdescenttowardsDelhi,sothewordbamboozlewasmyonepreparationfortherich,noisy,functioningmadnessofIndia.Iusedthewordonoccasion,andtruthbetold,itservedmewell.ToaclerkatatrainstationIsaid,“Ididn’tthinkthefarewouldbesoexpensive.You’re,nottryingtob

7、amboozleme,areyou?”Hesmiledandchanted,“Nosir!Thereisnobamboozlementhere.Ihavequotedyouthecorrectfare.”ThissecondtimetoIndiaIknewbetterwhattoexpectandIknewwhatIwanted:Iwouldsettleinahillstationandwritemynovel.Ihadvisionsofmyselfsittingatatableonalargeveranda,my