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From that moment on, the idea of the voice, both mine and those of others, became an obsession.
A cardboard box, a cassette, a telephone, a radio : the decor is crumbling. The body is convalescing, unproductive, shut away from the world. From the back the room come murmurs, then snatches of words. But they aren’t people. They are the voices of the radio. For days, weeks, months, years, these voices will overcome loneliness and pain.
Born in 1990 in Montreal, Charlotte Biron holds a doctorate in literary studies from Université Laval and Université Montpellier 3. She is the author of Mavis Gallant et Gabrielle Roy, journalistes. She has been working in radio and sound design for the past ten years. She is a lecturer in literature and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Montreal.
A book written in the mode of American non-fiction, combining narrative, reflective and poetic strands.
A book that embraces and sets in dialogue female voices from the worlds of literature and contemporary thought.
A text of tremendous literary quality which sensitively addresses the experience of illness.
A book in which the activity of listening and engagement with radio infuses the writing.
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