The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780156032452)

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.

Author: Yann Martel
ISBN-10: 0156032457
ISBN-13: 9780156032452
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2005
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.22h x 6.28w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 64
New York Times 10/02/2005 pg. 32