Authors: Nicolas Dickner
Nikolski (29 page)
NICOLAS DICKNER
won two literary awards for his first published work, the short story collection
L’encyclopédie du petit cercle.
Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, he travelled extensively in Europe and Latin America before settling in Montreal.
LAZER LEDERHENDLER’S
translation of
The Immaculate Conception
by Gaétan Soucy, was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and he is a four-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, most recently for his translation of
Nikolski.
He lives in Montreal.
VINTAGE CANADA EDITION, 2009
Copyright © 2005 Éditions Alto
English Translation Copyright © 2008 Lazer Lederhendler
Published by arrangement with Éditions Alto, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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Published in Canada by Vintage Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2009. Originally published in English in hardcover in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, in 2008. Distributed by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Dickner, Nicolas, 1972–
[Nikolski. English]
Nikolski / Nicolas Dickner; translated by Lazer Lederhendler.
Translation of: Nikolski.
eISBN: 978-0-307-37580-3
I. Lederhendler, Lazer, 1950– II. Title.
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8557.1325
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5313 2009
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843′.6
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2008-903689-1
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