What novel is Life of Pi adapted from?

"Life of Pi" is adapted from Jan Martel's world-famous novel of the same name. The film tells the story of Pi and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker who spent 227 days adrift at sea.

The story begins and ends in Montreal. A writer (Rafe Spall) looking for inspiration inadvertently learned about the legend of Pai Patel (Irrfan Khan). Pai's father (Adil Hussain) opened a zoo. Because of such a special living environment, Pi (played by Suraj Sharma) has his own views on faith and human nature. When Pai was 17 years old, his parents decided to immigrate his family to Canada in pursuit of a better life, and he also had to leave his first love.

The father of the protagonist Patel runs a zoo, which makes him familiar with the habits of animals since he was a child. When the family later moved to Canada, they met a cruel French chef (Gérard Depardieu) on the boat. They were also on the boat with some animals in the zoo, because their father planned to Take the opportunity to sell them at a high price. However, the cargo ship sank midway, killing all of Patel's family.

The Japanese freighter crashed. Patel and the lifeboat were smashed into the sea by a zebra that fell from the ship. He luckily survived by falling on the hatch cover of the lifeboat. So he began to wander at sea for 227 days. In addition to the zebra with a broken leg, he was in the lifeboat at the same time. There was also a hyena, an orangutan and an adult Bengal tiger. Due to customs Due to an official's error, the Bengal tiger was registered with the name of a serious gentleman: Richard Parker. During the first three days on the lifeboat, hyenas killed orangutans, ate zebras alive, and Richard Parker killed a hyena.

Then, the story of 16-year-old Patel's survival at sea is the story of how to deal with Richard Parker...