{"product_id":"voice-over-isbn-9781583228487","title":"Voice Over","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for Best Translated Book of 2008 by the Hermeneutic Circle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.“Not only is it the finest first novel I have read in many years, but it is, quite simply, one of the most original and brilliantly executed works of fiction by any contemporary writer I know of.” \u003cb\u003e–Paul Auster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Recalls the most disturbing moments in Marguerite Duras's work … [A] strange, sinister and compelling novel.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Financial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An infrared view of Sex and the City, a snapshot plunged in an acrid bath.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Globe and Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“With an extraordinary sense of the mechanisms of love and the empathy of a saint for the human race, Céline Curiol gives us the most original and the best new book of the year.” \u003cb\u003e–Marie Claire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The product of exquisite craft … it manages to be technically accomplished while being technically daring.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Women's Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCÉLINE 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\u003cbr\u003ethird novel.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302154424549,"sku":"NP9781583228487","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583228487.jpg?v=1767743510","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/voice-over-isbn-9781583228487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}