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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Yann Martel
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Description for The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Paperback. Offers a collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 211. 258 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight: 210.
This superb collection, hailed for its power, compassion and elegance, takes in the wide sweep of human experience.
From the last hours of a condemned man, to the imaginary life of an AIDS patient, to the first performance of a bizarre new symphony, Yann Martel's stories are moving, thought-provoking and as inventive in form as they are timeless in content. They display the startling mix of dazzle and depth that has made him an international phenomenon.
Product Details
Publisher
CANONGATE BOOKS
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841956121
SKU
V9781841956121
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About Yann Martel
Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and his latest, The High Mountains of Portugal. Life of Pi was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. ... Read more
Reviews for The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
These stories were the proving ground of Martel's trademarks: a wild imaginative scope, unembarrassed religiosity, and technique that reads like the sweeping aside of "technique" to share startling intimacies and emotional truths. Above all, there's a sense of humour that teeters like a high-wire artist above a torrent of whimsy.
Colin Donald One of the outstanding properties of Martel's ... Read more
Colin Donald One of the outstanding properties of Martel's ... Read more