Author: | Celine Curiol | ISBN: | 9781583229798 |
Publisher: | Seven Stories Press | Publication: | January 4, 2011 |
Imprint: | Seven Stories Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Celine Curiol |
ISBN: | 9781583229798 |
Publisher: | Seven Stories Press |
Publication: | January 4, 2011 |
Imprint: | Seven Stories Press |
Language: | English |
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.
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.