NikolskiNikolski
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Book, 2008
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Current format, Book, 2008, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsKnopf Canada's newest Face of Fiction is Nicolas Dickner, author of a critically lauded, award-winning literary sensation in Quebec, a bestseller when published in 2005. Get ready for the joyride that is Nikolski. One cannot say it enough: this book is the discovery of the year. . . . The humour is striking; his vision stunning. Carole Beaulieu, L'actualite Awards for the French-language edition: Prix des libraires 2006 Prix litteraire des collegiens 2006 Prix Anne-Hebert 2006 (Best first book) Prix Printemps des Lecteurs-Lavinal Spring 1989. Three young people-Noah, Joyce and an unnamed narrator-leave their far-flung birthplaces to follow their own personal songs of migration. Each ends up in Montreal, each on a voyage of self-discovery, dealing with the mishaps of heartbreak and the twisted branches of their shared family tree. With humour, charm and the sure touch of a born storyteller, Nicolas Dickner crafts a tale that shows the surprising links between garbage-obsessed archeologists, pirates past and present, earthquake victims, sea snakes, several very large tuna fish, an illiterate deep-sea diver, a Commodore 64, a mysterious book with no cover, and a broken compass whose needle obstinately points to the Aleutian village of Nikolski.
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- Toronto : Knopf, 2008, c2005.
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