Foreword by Paul Auster
Translated by Sam Richard
Finalist, Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2008
Hermenautic Circle, Finalist, Best Translated Book of 2008
French Voices Award, 2008
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. Céline Curiol’s smashing debut novel, Voice Over, sparkles with mordant humor and sexy charm.
Born in Lyon in in 1975, CÉLINE CURIOL is a journalist and novelist who has worked for various French media, including Libération, Radio France, and BBC Afrique. Her first novel, Voix sans issue (Voice Over), has been translated into several languages and was a finalist for both the Best Translated Book Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Curiol has lived in New York, London, and Buenos Aires. She currently resides in Kyoto, Japan.