Voice Over

by Celine Curiol

Genres: Literary Fiction; Women's Fiction

Synopsis

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.

Release date: January 4, 2011

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Print pages: 256