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1、ContextYannMartelwasbornonJune25,1963,inSalamanca,Spain,toCanadianparents.WhenMartelwasayoungboy,hisparentsjoinedtheCanadianForeignServices,andthefamilymovedfrequently,livinginAlaska,France,CostaRica,Ontario,andBritishColumbia.MartelwentontostudyphilosophyatTrentUnive
2、rsityinOntario,wherehediscoveredaloveforwriting.Aftergraduatingin1985,Martellivedwithhisparentsandworkedanumberofoddjobswhilecontinuingtowritefiction.Hepublishedacollectionofshortstories,TheFactsBehindtheHelsinkiRoccamatios,in1993andanovel,Self,in1996,butneitherbookre
3、ceivedmuchcriticalorcommercialattention.In2002,however,Martel’sinternationalliteraryreputationwassealedwiththepublicationofLifeofPi,arunawaybestsellerthatwentontowintheprestigiousManBookerPrize(awardedeachyeartothebestEnglish-languagenovelwrittenbyaCommonwealthorIrish
4、author)andhadsincebeentranslatedintothirtylanguages.Fox2000picturesboughtthescreenrightstoMartel’snovel,andafeaturefilmisexpectedin2008.LifeofPiissetagainstthetumultuousperiodofIndianhistoryknownastheEmergency.In1975,PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhiwasfoundguiltyofchargesrel
5、atedtoher1971electioncampaignandwasorderedtoresign.Instead—andinresponsetoarisingtideofstrikesandproteststhatwereparalyzingthegovernment—Gandhideclaredastateofemergency,suspendingconstitutionalrightsandgivingherselfthepowertorulebydecree.TheEmergencylastedforeighteenm
6、onthsandwasofficiallyendedinMarch1977whenGandhicalledforanewroundofelections.ThehistoricallegacyoftheEmergencyhasbeenhighlycontroversial:whilecivillibertiesinthisemergingdemocracywereseverelycurtailedandGandhi’spoliticalopponentsfoundthemselvesjailed,abused,andtorture
7、d,India’seconomyexperiencedamuch-neededstabilizationandgrowth.InLifeofPi,Piscine(Pi)MolitorPatel’sfather,azookeeperinPondicherry,India,growsnervousaboutthecurrentpoliticalsituation.SpeculatingthatGandhimighttrytotakeoverhiszooandfacedwithdepressingeconomicconditions,P
8、i’sfatherdecidestoselloffhiszooanimalsandmovehisfamilytoCanada,thussettingthemainactionofthenovelintomotion.Thoughonlyarelat
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