Voice Over: A Novel
Finalist for Best Translated Book of 2008 by the Hermeneutic Circle

French Voices Award

A lonely young woman works as an announcer in Paris's gare du Nord train station. Obsessed with a man attached to another woman, she wanders through the world of dinner parties, shopping excursions, and chance sexual encounters with a sense of haunting expectation. As something begins to happen between her and the man she loves, she finds herself at a crossroads, pitting her desire against her sanity. This smashing debut novel sparkles with mordant humor and sexy charm.
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Voice Over: A Novel
Finalist for Best Translated Book of 2008 by the Hermeneutic Circle

French Voices Award

A lonely young woman works as an announcer in Paris's gare du Nord train station. Obsessed with a man attached to another woman, she wanders through the world of dinner parties, shopping excursions, and chance sexual encounters with a sense of haunting expectation. As something begins to happen between her and the man she loves, she finds herself at a crossroads, pitting her desire against her sanity. This smashing debut novel sparkles with mordant humor and sexy charm.
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Finalist for Best Translated Book of 2008 by the Hermeneutic Circle

French Voices Award

A lonely young woman works as an announcer in Paris's gare du Nord train station. Obsessed with a man attached to another woman, she wanders through the world of dinner parties, shopping excursions, and chance sexual encounters with a sense of haunting expectation. As something begins to happen between her and the man she loves, she finds herself at a crossroads, pitting her desire against her sanity. This smashing debut novel sparkles with mordant humor and sexy charm.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781583228487
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 10/07/2008
Series: French Voices (Seven Stories Press)
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

CÉLINE CURIOL is a journalist who has worked for various French media, including Libération, Radio France, and BBC Afrique. Her second novel and a travel book on Sierra Leone have recently been published in France. Originally from Lyon, Curiol lives in New York City, where she is at work on her third novel.
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