Voice over
By: Céline Curiol ; translated by Sam Richard ; foreword by Paul Auster
Contributors: Richard, Sam
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781583228487
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Paris (France); Fiction
Work titles: Voix sans issue
Description: The nameless Parisian female narrator works at the Gare du Nord train station announcing arrival and departure times. With little connection to her coworkers and the harried travelers who throng the station, she is hardly more than a disembodied voice. The job perfectly complements her emotional state. She is obsessed with a married man who scarcely notices her, and she often finds herself at the mercy of strange men, including a transvestite entertainer, a North African drug dealer, and a psychiatric intern with a bondage fetish. She finally makes a connection with the man she loves, but things do not go smoothly, and she seems headed for either a breakdown or a breakthrough.--From Booklist.
Notes: "First English-language edition published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2007"--T.p. verso.