Books by Nicolas Dickner
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review 1: A somewhat strange book, that required a little bit of willingness to continue reading in the beginning for me. But it turned out to be pretty good. The story is original, the characters are good. The protagonist's feelings are described in such a way, that you start to understan...
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review 1: 2.5 stars When stumped about what to read next I looked up Canada Read and Giller Award winners and stumbled across this title. It was an interesting enough read about three individuals living in Montreal who are unknowingly connected to each other and whose lives intersect on ...
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review 1: A wonderfully quirky, coming of age book that kicks off in the late 80's in the small town of Riviere Du Loup where Mickey Bauermann is introduced to Hope Randall. She's the latest in line to realize the Randall curse - to predict the end of the world. While the clan's visions of...
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review 1: I loved this book. It is written from the point of view of a young man, Mickey Bauermann, but focused on Hope Randall. Hope is from a family that is genetically predisposed to focus on the end of the world. As each family member goes through puberty they also become focused on a ...
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review 1: An intriguing book that I was ready to cast aside after the first chapter but something kept me going and I'm glad of it. Nicholas Dickner and translator Lazer Lederhendler,artfully weave the stories of three young people enchanted by their own mysterious pasts. Although unbekn...