<P> The French translation L'Histoire de Pi was chosen in the French CBC version of the contest Le combat des livres, where it was championed by Louise Forestier . The novel won the 2003 Boeke Prize, a South African novel award . In 2004, it won the Asian / Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction for years 2001--2003 . In 2012 it was adapted into a feature film directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by David Magee . </P> <P> The novel begins with a note from the author, which is an integral part of it . Unusually, the note describes entirely fictional events . It serves to establish and enforce one of the book's main themes: the relativity of truth . </P> <P> Life of Pi is subdivided into three sections: </P> <P> In the first section, the main character, by the name of Piscine Patel, an adult Canadian, reminisces about his childhood in India . His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry . The livelihood provides the family with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal psychology . </P>

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