The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

Name: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

By Yann Martel

0 - Default Title

Description

Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon. Inventive in form and timeless in content, each story is moving and thought-provoking. A Canadian university student visiting Washington, D.C., experiences the Vietnam War through an intense musical encounter. Variations of a warden's letter to the mother of a man he has just executed reveal how each life is contained in its end. A young man's fascination with the mirror-making machine he finds in his grandmother's attic is juxtaposed with the reminiscences it evokes from his grandmother. And, in the exquisite title story, a young man dying of AIDS joins his friend in fashioning a story of the Roccamatio family of Helsinki, set against the yearly march of the twentieth century.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

226

Release Date:

2005-09-05

Publication Date:

2005-09-01

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0156032457

ISBN13:

9780156032452

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

290 g

Height:

133 cm

Width:

203 cm

Thickness:

13 cm

Buy on Amazon

Currently sold out