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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories

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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories

by Yann Martel

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9781841955360
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Canongate Books, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing 2004. Slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in excellent condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

Synopsis

Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. In the exquisite title novella, a very 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 whose horrors and miracles their story echoes. In "The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American composer John Morton," a Canadian university student visits Washington, D.C., and experiences the Vietnam War and its aftermath through an intense musical encounter. In "Manners of Dying," variations of a warden's letter to the mother of a son he has just executed reveal how each life is contained in its end. The final story, "The Mirror Machine", is about a young man who discovers an antique mirror-making machine in his grandmother's attic. The man's fascination with the object is juxtaposed with the longwinded reminiscences it evokes from his grandmother. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales are as moving as they are thought-provoking, as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories
Author
Yann Martel
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
1841955361
ISBN 13
9781841955360
Publisher
Canongate Books
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Date Published
2004
Pages
242
Keywords
Signed, Fiction, Short Stories, Man Booker Prize Winner.

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