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La historia de la familia Roccamatio de Helsinki
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Yann Martel, ganador del premio Booker con Vida de Pi, nos entrega esta novela sobre la amistad y la imaginación. Paul es un joven al que se le diagnostica la enfermedad del sida en estado terminal, su amigo y mentor en la universidad decide mantenerlo enganchado a la vida a través de la ficción.Cada día le contarán a Paul un capítulo de la familia Roccamatio de Helsinki en una suerte de novela en marcha en la que irán sucediéndose los acontecimientos más importantes del siglo XX. Un libro que apela a los sentimientos y al poder paliativo de la imaginación.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published April 6,1993
This edition
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96 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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October 5, 2006 by Ediciones Destino
- ISBN
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9788423338665
- ASIN
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8423338665
- Language
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Spanish; Castilian
About the author
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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.
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.
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