{"product_id":"these-dividing-walls","title":"These Dividing Walls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep into Paris as you have never seen it before. . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HAYES \u0026amp; JARVIS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A sensitive, necessary, brave book.'' \u003cb\u003eLaura Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Versions of Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat building doesn''t have secrets? \u003cbr\u003e How much does anyone know of what goes on behind their neighbour''s doors?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  On a hot June day, grief-stricken Edward arrives in Paris hoping that a stay in a friend''s empty apartment will help him mend. But this is not the Paris he knows: there are no landmarks or grand boulevards, and the apartment he was promised is little more than an attic room. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In the apartments below him, his new neighbours fill their flats with secrets. A young mother is on the brink, a bookshop owner buries her past, and a banker takes up a dark and malicious new calling. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Before he knows it, Edward will find himself entangled in their web, and as the summer heat intensifies so do tensions within and without the building, leading to a city-wide wave of violence, and a reckoning within the walls of number 37.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a sultry heat to rival \u003ci\u003eA Year in Provence\u003c\/i\u003e and all the sharp perception of Leila Slimani''s \u003ci\u003eLullaby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ea beautifully written and eye-opening novel about the Paris we don''t see\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It''ll open your heart and mind. It certainly did mine'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pool\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An unforgettable and unexpected portrait of Paris'' \u003cb\u003eHannah Rothschild\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***********\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhat readers have said about \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Totally engrossing - it was \u003cb\u003ea magical pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e to lose myself in these people''s world each night''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The quality of the writing in \u003ci\u003eThese Dividing Walls\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003enever short of exquisite\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This is \u003cb\u003ean outstanding debut \u003c\/b\u003enovel from an author to watch''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA delightful glimpse\u003c\/b\u003e into the lives of a group of people one hot and fearful summer''\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57311488704894,"sku":"NW9781473641563","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781473641563.jpg?v=1778584135","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/these-dividing-walls","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}