Nikolski : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780676978797
- ISBN: 0676978797
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Physical Description:
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290 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2008.
Content descriptions
Original Version Note: | Translation of: Nikolski. |
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Subject: | Immigrants -- Quebec (Province) -- Fiction Canadian Montreal (Quebec) -- Fiction |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Trail and District Public Library Main Branch | FIC DIC (Text) | 35110000177507 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
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.