Nikolski: Press reviews

‘A brilliant exercise in multilayered storytelling.'

The Times

‘If you have a taste for the novels of Georges Perec, Thomas Pynchon or Michael Chabon, then you’ll probably go for Nicolas Dickner too … like those other writers 'Dickner achieves a similar suggestive allusiveness to some deep grand design … I suspect we will be hearing more of him in the future.’

Esquire

‘Dickner excites the imagination of the reader to the point of ecstasy.’

Le Monde

‘Fabulous debut … Dickner embodies the meaning of a true storyteller; his prose is perceptive, witty, and simply addictive … Nikolski is a brilliant read and Dickner is an author to keep your eye on.’

Aesthetica

‘A breathtakingly original perception of the world, mixing geography, cartography and longing in a language both intellectually sophisticated and emotionally affecting.’

Globe and Mail

‘The French edition of this debut won four literary awards for the French-Canadian author.’

Bookseller

‘The humour is striking; his vision is stunning… This book is the discovery of the year.’

L’Actualité

‘Dickner has magic in his imagination.’

Vancouver Sun

‘A carefully-crafted, sumptuous first novel that will restore your taste for flights of fancy and for treasure hunts in time and space.’

Voir

‘If you are interested in the great wide world, submerse yourself immediately in this
phantasmagorical, lively and fascinating novel.’

Lettres québécoises

‘[A] bewitching debut… [this] is a glorious book, packed with strange beguiling detail about travel, the sea and archaeology.’

National

‘This is a multilayered story of three migrating souls finding their place in life.’

The Bookseller