Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
Author: Yann Martel
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...  more »
Info icon
ISBN-13: 9780151010905
ISBN-10: 0151010900
Publication Date: 12/1/2004
Pages: 224
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 26

3.6 stars, based on 26 ratings
Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Read All 3 Book Reviews of "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

reviewed The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios on + 2 more book reviews
Really great book, one of my favorites. A short read that is very well done and quite interesting.
buzzby avatar reviewed The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios on + 6062 more book reviews
Not necessarily a bad thing, but Yann Martel's writing seems a little juvenile to me.
reviewed The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios on + 18 more book reviews
Not as good as Life of Pi, but still enjoyable. Yann Martel is a great storyteller.


Genres: