Fran Cooper grew up in London before reading English at Cambridge and Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She spent three years in Paris writing a PhD about travelling eighteenth-century artists, and currently works in the curatorial department of a London museum. These Dividing Walls is her first novel.
An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris.
*Woman & Home*
Confident and brilliant
*Lisa O'Donnell*
This book played into my acute nosiness, throwing open the doors to
the fictional lives of the residents of number 37 . . . It'll open
your heart and your mind. It certainly did mine.
*The Pool*
A multi-layered novel, elevated by fine writing, in which our
traditional view of Paris is debunked to show a less familiar side
of the city. Cooper's expertly realised characters, both
sympathetic and not, have stories that are interwoven with
aplomb.
*Daily Mail*
Cooper has written a Ship of Fools for today, bringing forth the
poetry and pathos of ordinary lives.
*The Lady*
The Paris of this skillful yet tender debut novel is not the Paris
of our Eurostar mini breaks.
*Red Online*
Cooper's characters are what make this novel so readable.
*The Herald*
The writing tantalizingly evokes the sights and sounds of Paris
while also giving us an eye-opening perspective of a side of the
city that we don't know much about. It is a nuanced portrayal of
relationships and the whole spectrum of human emotions.
*Book Riot*
This beautifully written debut is about love and loss.
*Prima*
Timely and thoughtful, it's perhaps one of the first novels to
reflect back the state of our current society.
*The Idle Woman blog*
I absolutely loved this book and I can't wait to read more from the
author who I'm sure has a glittering career ahead of her.
*What Cathy Read Next*
The writing is exquisite and discursive.
*Isobel Blackthorn*
An erudite and engaging read
*Bookliterati*
Cooper's writing is exceptional. ... It's a beautifully crafted
novel.
*Book and Brew*
An enchanting and beautifully written debut
*Jo's Book Blog*
It's the voices of various neighbours in their apartment block that
make this novel special.
*AnOther Magazine*
In a Paris tense with summer heat, anger and hate drive its people
to drastic action, in this intensely satisfying and timely novel of
a city in crisis.
*Aileen Smyth, Dubray Rathmines*
A resplendent debut which combines a gracefully multi-layered
narrative with insightful social commentary.
*Wales Arts Review*
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