The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatios - Brossura

Martel, Yann

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ISBN 10: 0156032457 ISBN 13: 9780156032452

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2005

Riassunto

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.

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PRAISE FOR THE FACTS BEHIND THE HELSINKI ROCCAMATIOS

"Each of these stories is a performance, a high-wire act in which the author sets himself an unusual challenge and dazzles us as he pulls it off. "--The Washington Post Book World

"With uncommon dexterity, Martel . . . inject[s] real, poignant feeling into cleverly conceived experimental fictions."--Entertainment Weekly

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YANN MARTEL is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Life of Pi. When he stays put, he lives in Montreal.


YANN MARTEL is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Life of Pi. When he stays put, he lives in Montreal.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0156032457
• ISBN 13: 9780156032452
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 209