The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

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Yann Martel. The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

The Facts behind. the Helsinki. Roccamatios. and other stories

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The Facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

Manner of Dying. 18

Manner of Dying. 213

Manner of Dying. 319

Manner of Dying. 534

Manner of Dying. 541

Manner of Dying. 760

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Yann Martel

One consequence of this youthful existential crisis was my first creative effort, a one-act play I wrote over the course of three days. It was about a young man who falls in love with a door. When a friend finds out, he destroys the door. Our hero promptly commits suicide. It was, without question, a terrible piece of writing, irredeemably blighted by immaturity. But I felt as though I’d come upon a violin, picked it up and brought bow to strings: the sound I made was perhaps terrible—but what a beautiful instrument! There was something deeply compelling about creating a setting, inventing characters, giving them dialogue, directing them through a plot, and by these means presenting my view of life. For the first time, I had found an endeavour into which I was willing to pour all my energies.

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France declares war on Turkey.

Egypt declares war on Turkey.

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