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Olivier Sylvestre

Born 1982 · Canada

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Books on prize lists

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    Governor General's (French) 2018 · Finalist

    noms fictifs

    Title translated by AI:“Fictitious Names”

    Olivier Sylvestre · 35 when first published

    Short stories · 305 pages

    AI-generated summary:After ten years at a respite centre for drug users in Montreal, with its shrill doorbell and bulletproof glass, a social worker tells of the lives marked by the street, drugs and abandonment that he has shared.