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PRAISE FOR THE DUTCH EDITON OF LISTEN

"[Bronwasser] grabs her readers by the throat with a meticulously constructed and convincing story that gets under your skin from the very first page." –De Telegraaf

"Sacha Bronwasser describes Parisian life irresistibly, in a thought-provoking novel. It’s a rare thing, a book that can be read as simply a ‘good read’ but with enough in it to make you think." –de Volkskrant

"A highly ingenious novel that is also moving. ... Listen is somewhat reminiscent of W.F. Hermans and Peter Terrin, with its sense of a stalkerish, indefinable foreboding, while the story is nevertheless resolute and evocative, and told in a way that definitely rewards the reader."  –NRC

Ingenious new novel ... Masterfully constructed. ... A novel that you can only admire. –Trouw

“Once you understand the full, wry relevance of the title on the very last pages, only then do you fully realise how masterfully constructed this compelling book is. The skilfully written, suspenseful story turns out to be an intelligent and ambiguous reflection on remembering and recording, on seeing and being seen, on coincidence and makeability, and on the ethics of art and of the appropriation of other people's stories. The question that continues to haunt you at the end is to what extent the novel is an act of revenge and, as such, an example of the unethical appropriation it denounces. Good, clever, deep. Without question premier league, this novel.” -Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, author of Grand Hotel Europa