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Nikolski : a Novel by Nicolas Dickner is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Nikolski : a Novel about?
<p>Awards for the French-language edition: <br>Prix des libraires 2006<br>Prix littéraire des collégiens 2006<br>Prix Anne-Hébert 2006 (Best first book)<br>Prix Printemps des Lecteurs–Lavinal <br><br>Intricately plotted and shimmering with originality, <b>Nikolski</b> charts the curious and unexpected courses of personal migration, and shows how they just might eventually lead us to home. <br><br>In the spring of 1989, three young people, born thousands of miles apart, each cut themselves adrift from their birthplaces and set out to discover what — or who — might anchor them in their lives. They each leave almost everything behind, carrying with them only a few artefacts of their lives so far — possessions that have proven so formative that they can’t imagine surviving without them — but also the accumulated memories of their own lives and family histories.<br><br>Noah, who was taught to read using road maps during a life of nomadic travels with his mother — their home being a 1966 Bonneville station wagon with a silver trailer — decides to leave the prairies for university in Montreal. But putting down roots there
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Nicolas Dickner
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781590307144
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.46 / 5 (2,673 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14