false 133286 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172018421m/133286.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172018421s/133286.jpg Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 15886 26 1080553 1991 The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios total:665|5:102|4:196|3:238|2:106|1:23| 665 2243 919 101 811 3.79 105332 12824 7533824 522647 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.36 512 1991 4 1 false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Oct 10 10:09:43 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 10:10:04 -0700 2007 I was browsing the new fiction section at the library and saw a book of short fiction by Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi. I was a little leary when I found they were stories he had written before Pi. The thought crossed my mind that maybe he was just cashing ...more...]]> 45459876 1008236 1466773 0151010900 9780151010905 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295m/1466773.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295s/1466773.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1466773.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.33 24 Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 1991 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:28:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:28:53 -0800 2009 Martel's Booker-Prize winning Life of Pi (**** Nov/Dec 2002) merged fact with fiction, reality with fantastical constructs as an Indian boy navigated the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. This collection, written a decade before Life of Pi and spruced up for an American audience, shar...

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"...Helsinki..." might be my least favorite of these four offerings, though I enjoyed the writin...more...]]> 6612288 357213 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 3 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Sep 22 13:25:08 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 22:19:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 52683601 972332 1466773 0151010900 9780151010905 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295m/1466773.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295s/1466773.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1466773.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 1991 2 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 14:40:09 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:02:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39475634 1452657 1466773 0151010900 9780151010905 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295m/1466773.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183894295s/1466773.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1466773.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 1991 2 0 false Sat Dec 06 17:20:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 17:25:42 -0800 2008
I really liked the inventive story that lends its title t...more...]]> 7606886 67657 437161 0156032457 9780156032452 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174765648m/437161.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174765648s/437161.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/437161.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 1991 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 20:05:54 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 20:19:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 67504621 1058994 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 2 0 false Sat Aug 15 11:09:24 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:09:24 -0700 2009 I didn't finish this, actually,...more...]]> 50099901 1068362 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 1 0 false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 15:56:49 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 10:11:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43288179 836825 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 4 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 16:12:34 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:39:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 61755395 2064068 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 08:12:22 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:13:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58896129 91438 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 4 0 false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:52:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:39:32 -0700 2009 38666246 1379353 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 3 0 false Tue Nov 25 19:31:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 22:16:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55657993 2306100 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 3 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 07:06:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 06:55:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2860574 135655 437161 0156032457 9780156032452 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174765648m/437161.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174765648s/437161.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/437161.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 Life of Pi (winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize and Amazon.com's Best Book of 2002) it's no surprise that his early short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, would attract new readers. Originally published in 1993, these four well-crafted stories have been slightly revised by him for this new edition (the book's first publication in America). Only one of these stories, "Manners of Dying," reads like apprentice work, but even this piece is highly accomplished and full of interest. Every page here shows the development of Martel's stealthy, understated prose (think Paul Auster with a Canadian quietude). In fact, the title story begins so calmly and matter-of-factly that the opening pages feel almost listless. A college senior describes his budding friendship with the freshman he has been assigned to shepherd through the first months of the school year. When the new friend is diagnosed with AIDSs (it is the mid-1980s, and this is a more-or-less immediate death sentence) the emotional stakes gradually increase, not only in predictable ways, as the reluctant narrator is drawn further into his friend's life, but in the jokes, arguments, and revelations brought to light by their collaboration in a sparkling intellectual game--a story the friends write together, in alternating turns--that provides a delicate scaffold for the private drama of death. --Regina Marler]]> 1991 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 09 08:56:56 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 09:13:18 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 45130193 1689905 15886 0739455311 9780739455319 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790m/15886.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191216790s/15886.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios 3.37 665 1991 3 0 false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 07:06:52 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 07:09:47 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=133286