Aug 4, 2001 · Three young people leave their far-flung birthplaces to follow their own 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.

Nicolas Dickner’s fine debut novel is the improbable tale of three young people who find themselves in Montreal at the tail end of the 1980s, and whose various odd pursuits and interwoven storylines make for an utterly pleasurable read.

Nicolas Dickner (born 1972 in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec) [1] is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel Nikolski , which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions.

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 read. The problem is one of character.

Dickner incisively illuminates an emergent view that works to interrelate rather than isolate experiences of mobility and readily accommodates the reality of our multiple connections to places and people.

WINNER 2010 CANADA READS!After winning a fist-full of awards in Quebec and international sales around the globe, Montreal writer Nicolas Dickner's debut nove...

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Aug 31, 2017 · Translated by Lazer Lederhendler, Six Degrees of Freedom is the witty and well-crafted tale of three characters with lives that intersect and intertwine in pursuit of a missing shipping container...

Nicolas Dickner is also the author of Boulevard Banquise, a children’s book, and a second short story collection, Traité de balistique, both published in 2006. He is currently a literary columnist for Voir and is working on his next novel.

Nicolas Dickner, nouvelliste et romancier, est né à Rivière-du-Loup. Il a voyagé en Amérique latine et en Europe avant de jeter l’ancre à Québec puis à Montréal. Dickner a étudié en arts plastiques et en littérature avant de s'inscrire en création littéraire à l’Université Laval de Québec.