The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

yann martel

Here is a remarkable collection from the author of Life of Pi. In "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios," two young friends discover the transformative power of the imagination as they join together to craft a story about a Finnish family of Italian extraction whome they name the Roccamatios—Rok-kah-MAH-tee-ohs. This unforgettable novella and three other moving and thought-provoking stories display the startling mix of dazzle and depth that has made Yann Martel an international phenomenon.

Genres fictionshort storiesliteraturecanadacontemporaryadultcanadian literaturecollections20th centuryliterary fiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 6,1993

Literary awards

journey prize,

This edition

Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1993 by Hancourt, Inc.
ISBN: 9780739455319
ASIN: 0739455311
Language: English

About the author

yann martel

Yann Martel is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. Life of Pi was adapted for a movie directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.
Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. His first language is French, but he writes in English.