The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios is a collection of early short stories by Canadian author Yann Martel that blend inventive narrative structures with themes of mortality, identity, and human connection.

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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Yann Martel ⓘ
authorNationality Canadian ⓘ
authorOfWorkAlsoWrote Beatrice and Virgil ⓘ
Life of Pi ⓘ
linked to: Life of Pi (novel)

Self ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
explores construction of personal narratives ⓘ
ethical questions around death ⓘ
followedBy Self (novel) ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasCoverArt varies by edition ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive ⓘ
hasPart Manners of Dying ⓘ
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (short story) ⓘ
The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton ⓘ
The Vita Aeterna Mirror Company: Mirrors to Last till Kingdom Come ⓘ
hasReprint Vintage Canada edition ⓘ
hasShortStoryCount 4 ⓘ
intendedAudience adult readers ⓘ
isEarlyWorkOf Yann Martel ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStyle experimental ⓘ
metafictional elements ⓘ
notableFor early work of Yann Martel ⓘ
inventive narrative structures ⓘ
precededBy Seven Stories (Yann Martel chapbook) ⓘ
publicationYear 1993 ⓘ
publisher Knopf Canada ⓘ
setting various locations ⓘ
subject execution ⓘ
memory ⓘ
music ⓘ
terminal illness ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human connection ⓘ
identity ⓘ
illness ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
titleStorySetting Helsinki ⓘ

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Yann Martel → wrote → The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios ⓘ