Name: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9781847677068

Yann Martel

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.

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

Four stories by the Booker Prize-winning author. Includes "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios," "the Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Ranking String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton," "Manners of Dying," and "The Mirror Machine," each in its entirety. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon.

serena maeve.

Very intriguing stories; my fave is Vita Aeterna.

Suzanne C.

Christopher McCabe

Four short works by the author of Life of Pi includes the title novella, "The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American composer John Morton," "Manners of Dying," and "The Challenges of Science." Reprint.

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

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