New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright 1993. Stated First American Edition. Hardcover in very good condition with off-white boards and black spine cloth with gold spine lettering. Red front and back endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good and not price clipped. 208 pages. * From the jacket flap, 'Here are four unforgettable stories from the author of 'Life of Pi.'

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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: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M000673
Title: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Author: Martel, Yann
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First U.S. Edition
ISBN 10: 0151010900
ISBN 13: 9780151010905
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: Short Stories, Fiction, Canadian Short Stories, Manners and customs - Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Short Stories;

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