Écoute (novel)

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Écoute is a French-language novel by Boris Razon.

It is the author's second novel. [1] It is a reworking of An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris by Georges Perec but as a work of fiction. It revolves around a smartphone and surveillance. [2] Razon commented on increasing surveillance. [1]

One part is about a person involved in moving illegal drugs who transitions into being a woman so the person would resemble the first woman they had loved. [3] This segment of the novel was an inspiration for the film Emilia Pérez . [4] PBS SoCal stated that the person "wasn’t that developed over the following chapters". [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Siméone, Christine (2018-09-01). ""Ecoute", le roman de nos smartphones" (in French). Radio France . Retrieved 2025-04-30.
  2. David, Sylvain; Sophie, Marcotte (November 2020). "Tentative d'épuisement d'un flux parisien". Captures (in French). 5 (2). doi: 10.7202/1076452ar via Érudit. - Abstract is in English.
  3. Ruffenach, Pascal (2018-10-16). "Écoute » de Boris Razon, les identités passagères". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-30. Celle par exemple d'un narcotrafiquant,[...]
  4. Lévesque, François (28 October 2024). "Emilia Pérez par ses glorieuses héroïnes". Le Devoir (in French). Montreal. Retrieved 30 January 2025. Dans le roman Écoute, de Boris Razon,[...]
  5. "'Emilia Pérez,' A Journey of Four Remarkable Women". PBS SoCal . Retrieved 2025-05-01.

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