Nikolski is, above all else, a novel about destiny. Ultimately, it is author Nicolas Dickner’s heavy-handed insistence on the power of predetermination, fate, and unwavering obsession that scuttles what is at times an enjoyable, witty www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. NIKOLSKI by Nicolas Dickner, Translated by Lazer Lederhendler Book Club Meeting: December Format: paperback Category: fiction; French-Canadian, adventure Setting: 20th century Canada, primarily East Coast and Prairies, as well as South America First Published: (in French) Our first book club reading is NIKOLSKI, by Nicolas Dickner, winner of the Governor General's Literary Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Nicolas Dickner (born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his novel Nikolski, which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English www.doorway.ru books have been translated into over 10 languages.
Nicolas Dickner's debut, Nikolski is captivating, combining all the great facets of storytelling. Dickner has created an intricately woven plot, which focuses on the lives of Noah, Joyce and an unnamed narrator born thousands of miles apart, but whose lives are interlinked. The fragile bond between the three characters is an adventurer called. Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner-- much acclaimed when published in Quebec in and now translated into English by Lazer Laderhendler-- is a wonderfully rich puzzle of a book. Which must be explained in vague terms, for vague terms are all it presents us with. Three characters, their lives barely intersecting as they all end up in Montreal, loosely linked by blood ties and a strange "three. Three young people, born thousands of miles apart, each cut themselves adrift from their birthplaces.
Dickner’s first novel, Nikolski, was originally published in Quebec by Éditions Alto in , and then in by Éditions Denoël in France. It soon garnered rave reviews and prestigious awards, including the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Prix littéraire des collegians, the Prix Anne-Hébert for best first book, and France’s Prix Printemps des lecteurs — Lavinal. NIKOLSKI by Nicolas Dickner, Translated by Lazer Lederhendler Book Club Meeting: December Format: paperback Category: fiction; French-Canadian, adventure Setting: 20th century Canada, primarily East Coast and Prairies, as well as South America First Published: (in French) Our first book club reading is NIKOLSKI, by Nicolas Dickner, winner of the Governor General's Literary. "Nikolski" teases three unconnected, yet absolutely connected lives together in a complex tapestry of eccentric themes which include piracy, bibliomania, fish, archaeology and cartography. Weirdly, and with more than a whiff of magic realism, Dickner manages to pull off a story that is brilliantly implausible but perhaps is not!.
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