Книга: Katherine Pancol «La valse lente des tortues»

Katherine Pancol

Katherine Pancol (born 1949) is a Moroccan-born French novelist.

Biography

She moved to France at the age of five. She studied literature and initially became a French and Latin teacher and then a journalist first for "Paris-Match" and later for "Cosmopolitan".

The first book Pancol published, in 1979, was "Moi d'abord". It was to be a success. She then moved to New-York and wrote a second novel, "La Barbare", in 1981, and a third, "Scarlett, si possible" and a fourth, "Les hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues".

She had two children, a boy and a girl.

She has continued to be a journalist and interviewer of persons such as Ronald Reagan, Jacques Chirac, Meryl Streep and Louise Brooks.

Recent works

Her most recent book "Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles" tells a story of relationships between the members of a family.It's a heavy book but very easy to read. The reader feels attached to the characters because they resemble people we know around us.There is a story within the story because one of the characters, a "specialist of the 12th century", writes a novel, and the characters of her novel are inspired by the people who surround her.The female characters are very stong, the male characters are weak and children are portrayed realistically.

Источник: Katherine Pancol