‘Somebody Else’s Life’ is set in Italy, England, France, and the US. It’s a story about art, love, friendship and the long-buried secret at the heart of one man’s life.

At seventeen, Gianluca Bianchi escapes his tyrannical father Alberto to study art in Livorno. He falls in love with the ethereal Isabella Robertson but she is snatched from him in a tragic accident. Establishing himself as a portrait and triptych artist, Luca meets English art critic Ralph Nugent in Paris. Ralph becomes the Italian’s ally. Despite fame, Luca remains haunted by the loss of Isabella and, in Ralph’s eyes, is hiding a secret from his past. After the two men move to New York to work on a public art project, Ralph begins to write Luca’s biography, but the onset of cancer unlocks the Italian’s silence and Luca finally reveals the act of retribution he enacted on Alberto – and who in his family lived somebody else’s life.

I am submitting queries to literary agents.

Upcoming – ‘The Triumph of the Gods’

Here’s my new project: ‘The Triumph of the Gods’ is a dystopian tale set in Britain. Beginning in the final years of the twentieth century and narrated by Alma Fernando, the novel is a coming-of-age story set against a violent upheaval in the United Kingdom, instigated by a group called The Polytheists. The novel charts Alma’s journey into adulthood and her increasing involvement in the struggle against the country’s viciously oppressive – and anti-religious – rulers.

‘Tales of Freedom’

My novel ‘Tales of Freedom’ is available as an eBook or paperback via Amazon: https://lnkd.in/ei8K4J8. Book blogger, writer and editor Deborah Kalb conducted an interview with me about the book and my work: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2019/12/q-with-paul-b-cohen.html

I can be reached via Twitter: @paulbcohen1 or email: paulbcohen1@gmail.com