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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
de Martel, Yann
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151010900
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010905
- Librería
-
Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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.'
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M000673
- Título
- The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
- Autor
- Martel, Yann
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151010900
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010905
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- Short Stories, Fiction, Canadian Short Stories, Manners and customs - Fiction
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction; Short Stories;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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