- 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 andLouise 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.
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