The Man Who Sailed His House

The Man Who Sailed His House

Michael Paterniti Love and Other Ways of Dying

Two days after the Japanese tsunami, after the waves had left their destruction, as rescue workers searched the ruins, news came of an almost surreal survival: Miles out at sea, a man was found, alone, riding on nothing but the roof of his house.

You can read the full story here.

Yes, that would make a great movie. In some ways, it feels like it already has. There are unmistakable echoes of Ang Lee's Life of Pi, perhaps crossed with The Impossible. 

There's also a movie in development at Fox called The City That Sailed, that has Shawn Levy attached to direct and Will Smith attached to star. 

But it's a beautiful, haunting story, and one well worth reading.