A proverb meaning that real events can be stranger or more surprising than fictional stories (from the English saying 'truth is stranger than fiction').
偶然の連続で結ばれた二人の話を聞いて、事実は小説より奇なりだと感じた。
Hearing the story of two people connected by a series of coincidences, I felt that truth is stranger than fiction.
新聞記事を読んでいると、事実は小説より奇なりという言葉を思い出すことが多い。
Reading the news often makes me recall the saying that truth is stranger than fiction.
そんな偶然が起こるなんて、まさに事実は小説より奇なりだ。
For such a coincidence to happen—truly, truth is stranger than fiction.